HP DESIGNJET 750C PLUS PLOTTER User Manual

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HP DesignJet 700 Plotter  
HP DesignJet 750C Plus Plotter  
User’s Guide  
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HP DesignJet 700 / 750C Plus Plotter User’s Guide  
C4705-90031 English  
User’s Guide  
HP DesignJet 700 Plotter  
HP DesignJet 750C Plus Plotter  
C4705A, C4706A, C4708A and C4709A  
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Finding Information  
This User’s Guide for the HP DesignJet 700 and 750C Plus plotters contains the  
following types of information:  
Set Up  
Use  
Maintenance  
Troubleshooting  
Reference Material.  
To help find specific information, a comprehensive table of contents is provided at  
the front and an alphabetical index is provided at the back.  
You will notice the use of symbols in the left margin and shaded backgrounds to  
the text. These are used to identify different types of information as follows:  
Information specific only to the HP DesignJet 700 is shown like this.  
Information specific only to the HP DesignJet 750C Plus is shown like this.  
All other information is applicable to both plotters.  
700  
750C Plus  
The Quick Reference Guide Contains:  
Some information that you are most likely to need on a day-to-day basis, for  
example, the front-panel menu structure and media-type selections. It is stored  
in the pocket at the back of the plotter.  
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Where To Find the Most Commonly Needed Information  
To find how to ...  
go to ...  
Install the plotter  
chapter 1  
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Connect the plotter  
page 1-27  
page 3-2  
Choose media  
Load media  
page 3-10  
page 3-26  
pages 7-2 and 7-3  
page 9-8  
Replace the cartridges  
See the plotter’s current configuration  
Clear a media jam  
Solve print quality problems  
Interpret a front-panel message  
Order accessories  
page 9-16  
page 10-2  
page 11-13  
To find any other information ...  
" go to the index at the back  
of this manual.  
On page D-1 at the back of this manual, you will find a Documentation Map,  
listing useful documents to help with  
Setting Up and Using the Plotter  
Using Application Software  
Getting Support  
Programmer’s References.  
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Contents  
Finding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii  
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii  
1 Setting Up the Plotter  
Fast Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2  
Set Up Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4  
Task 1: Check that You Have All the Items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5  
Task 2: Install Memory Expansion Modules (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6  
Task 3: Switch On and Change the Language From English (Optionally) . . . . . 1-9  
Task 4: Load Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11  
Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20  
Task 6: Print a Demonstration Plot (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24  
Task 7: Connect the Plotter To Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27  
Task 8: Configure the Serial Interface (Serial Interface Users Only) . . . . . . . . 1-29  
Task 9: Set Up Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35  
Task 10: Print a Test Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39  
Extra Tips for UNIX Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40  
2 Learning How to Use the Front-Panel Display (Tutorial)  
The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2  
The Display Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3  
Printing the Menus Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5  
Description of the Menus Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5  
Entering the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6  
Navigating the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7  
Menu Graphics Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9  
Other Types of Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10  
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11  
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3 Working with Media and Cartridges  
Choosing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2  
Five Important Points about Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2  
Supported Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3  
Physical Characteristics of Media Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4  
Cost And Color Support of Media Types (DesignJet 750C Plus) . . . . . . . . . 3-5  
Combinations of Media Type and Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6  
Typical Media Type Choices by Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7  
Caring For Your Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9  
Loading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10  
To Change a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10  
To Load a Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18  
Compensating for Badly Cut Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21  
To Adjust Skew Tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21  
Unloading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22  
Drying Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22  
To Adjust Drying Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23  
To Unload a Sheet After Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24  
To Remove an Unused Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25  
Replacing Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26  
When to Replace Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26  
Before Replacing Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27  
To Replace a Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28  
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4 Controlling the Page Format  
Page Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2  
Do You Need to Adjust the Page Size in the Front Panel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3  
To Adjust the Page Size from the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4  
Page Size and Clipped Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5  
Page Size and Nesting (Roll Media Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5  
Adjusting the Margins (Roll Media Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6  
Margins and Automatic Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6  
Rotating a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7  
Rotating a Drawing from the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7  
To Rotate a Plot from the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7  
Exactly What Is Rotated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8  
The Rotate Feature and Clipped Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8  
How Does Rotate Interact with Your Software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9  
Plotting a Mirror Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10  
5 Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Ways To Control the Plot’s Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2  
Why Change the Appearance of the Plot Using the Front Panel Rather Than  
from Your Software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors/Shades Using the Plotter’s Internal Palettes . 5-3  
To See the Current Palette Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3  
To See the Colors Available For a Palette (DesignJet 750C Plus) . . . . . . . . . 5-4  
To Change the Palette Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5  
To Change the Selection of the Current Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6  
Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge Feature) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7  
Changing the Overall Lightness/Darkness of a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8  
Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9  
To Switch between Color and Monochrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11  
To Change the Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13  
Improving Line Quality and Graphics Detail (DesignJet 750C Plus) . . . . . 5-14  
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6 Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Currently Being Printed or Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2  
To Cancel a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2  
To Cut a Plot Before Drying Is Complete (Roll Media Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2  
To Pause while Printing a Series of Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4  
To Start Printing a Plot That Is Waiting for a Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4  
What Is the Queue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5  
To Identify a Page in the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6  
To See the Size of a Page in the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7  
To Prioritize a Page in the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7  
To Delete a Page from the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7  
To Make Copies of a Page in the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8  
To Replot an Image Using the Plotter’s Memory (DesignJet 700) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10  
What Is Nesting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10  
When Does the Plotter Try to Nest Pages? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11  
Which Pages Qualify for Nesting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11  
Which Pages May be Rotated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11  
To Turn Nesting On or Off and Choose the Nesting Method . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12  
What Happens to Nesting if You Turn Queueing Off? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12  
How Long Does the Plotter Wait for Another File? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12  
Getting the Best From Nesting (Nesting and Margins) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13  
Nesting and the Rotate Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13  
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7 Reconfiguring the Plotter  
To See the Current Overall Configuration of the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2  
To See the Current Configuration of the Front-Panel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3  
To Change the Front-Panel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4  
Recalibrating the Plotter for Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5  
When to Recalibrate the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5  
A Quick Guide to Whether Recalibration Is Necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5  
To Recalibrate the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6  
To Restore the Factory’s Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6  
Changing the Graphics Language Setting for a Different Application . . . . . . . . 7-7  
To Change the Graphics Language Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7  
Graphics Language and Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8  
Changing the Serial Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9  
To Change the Serial-Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9  
Change the I/O Timeout Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with More Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10  
File Size and Memory Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with the Postscript Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with a Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12  
HP JetDirect Print Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12  
8 Maintaining the Plotter  
Replacing the Print Cartridge(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2  
Cleaning the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2  
“Normal” Plotter Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3  
To Print the Service Configuration Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4  
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9 Troubleshooting  
Using the Documentation to Help Solve Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2  
Locating the Source of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3  
Solving Media-Handling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4  
If the Front Panel Keeps Telling you Media Is Misaligned or Incorrectly  
positioned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4  
If Media Crumples when you Load It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5  
If Plots Do Not Feed Out Properly From the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5  
If The Automatic Cutter Does Not Cut Immediately When a Plot Has  
ąFinished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5  
If The Automatic Cutter Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6  
If Plots Fall On the Floor After Being Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6  
If a Sheet Is Ejected When You Switch On the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6  
If Plots Do Not Stack Properly In the Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6  
Solving Print Cartridge Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7  
If the Access Cartridge(s) Key Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7  
If the Plotter Runs the Cartridge-alignment Routine Unexpectedly . . . . . . . . 9-7  
If Brand New Cartridge(s) Have Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7  
Clearing a Media Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8  
Solving Communication Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9  
If There is a Problem Communicating between Your Computer  
and the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10  
If the Plot Is Completely Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10  
If the Output Contains Only a Partial Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11  
If the Plot Is Clipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12  
If a Long-axis Plot Is Clipped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12  
If the Entire Plot Is in One Quadrant of the Correct Plotting Area . . . . . . . 9-13  
If the Plot Is Unexpectedly Rotated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13  
If the Plot Is a Mirror Image of Your Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13  
If the Plot Is Inaccurate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13  
If the Plot Is Distorted or Unintelligible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14  
If One Plot Overlays Another Plot On the Same Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14  
If Pen Settings Seem to Have No Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14  
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If the Plotter Produces a Black and White Plot When You Expected a Color  
ąPlot (DesignJet 750C Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14  
If the Plotter Has Printed a Different Plot Than the One You Were  
ąExpecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15  
If the Quality Of a Color Plot Is Not as Good as You Were Expecting  
(DesignJet 750C Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15  
Solving Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16  
If the Color Is Not as Expected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16  
If there are White Streaks in Solid Fill Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16  
If there are Other Gaps in Solid Areas or in Lines (DesignJet 750C Plus) . 9-17  
If there are Jagged Vertical or Horizontal Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18  
If there are Slightly Warped Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18  
If there are Color “Shadows” (DesignJet 750C Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18  
If One or More Cartridges are not Printing at All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18  
If there are Blurred Lines (Ink “Bleeds” from Lines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19  
If there are Blotchy Areas (Uneven Fill Density) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19  
If the Plot Is Too Dark or the Color Too Saturated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19  
If there Is Pronounced Banding In Area Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20  
If Ink Smears After You Remove a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20  
Solving Front Panel Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21  
If the Access Cartridges Key Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21  
If None of the Front Panel Keys Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21  
If Page Format/Rotate Does Not Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21  
If A Display Message Will Not Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21  
If A “System Error” Message Is Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22  
If An “Out Of Memory/Data Was Lost” Message Is Displayed . . . . . . . . . . 9-22  
Solving Miscellaneous Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23  
If the Plotter Does Not Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23  
If the Plotter Seems Too Slow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23  
If the Plotter Waits Too Long to Plot a Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24  
If the Plotter Performs the Cartridge Alignment Routine Unexpectedly . . . 9-24  
If the Bail (Black Metal Bar) Does Not Lower All the Way . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24  
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25  
What to Do Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25  
If a Repair Is Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25  
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Contents  
10 Front-Panel Messages  
Front Panel Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2  
11 Reference  
Plotter Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2  
Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7  
Interface Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8  
Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10  
To Obtain a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10  
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10  
Telecommunications Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11  
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12  
Ordering Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13  
HP-GL/2 and HP RTL Programming Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16  
How to Order Supplies and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16  
12 Glossary  
Index  
Documentation Map  
Please Give Us Your Feedback (Removable)  
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Welcome  
Welcome  
An Introduction To Your Plotters Main Features  
The HP DesignJet 700 and HP DesignJet 750C Plus are large-format inkjet plotters  
that use HP disposable print cartridge technology.  
700  
The HP DesignJet 700 will print only in black. It uses a single cartridge,  
containing black ink, two of which are supplied with your plotter.  
The HP DesignJet 750C Plus will print in color or black. Your  
plotter uses a set of four disposable print cartridges: yellow,  
cyan, magenta and black. a set is supplied with your plotter (a  
spare black cartridge is also included). From time to time, you  
will need to replace them. All other supported colors are  
generated using these four cartridges up to a total of over 16  
million different colors for all your needs.  
750C Plus  
Product C4705A is the DesignJet 700 and Product C4708A is the DesignJet  
750C Plus. Both Plotters are the D/A1-size model.  
Product C4706A is the DesignJet 700 and Product C4709A is the DesignJet  
750C Plus. Both Plotters are the E/A0-size model.  
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Welcome  
Print Quality  
In monochrome, the print resolution can be set to either true 300 or true 600 dots  
per inch (dpi). In color, the print resolution can be set to true 300 or addressable  
600 dpi. You can choose between three levels of print quality either from your  
software or from the plotter’s front panel. These are:  
Best  
Normal  
Fast.  
Media  
You can plot on rolls or sheets up to E/A0 size or D/A1 size, depending on the  
plotter model you have bought.  
A large variety of media types are supported:  
Opaque bond (one roll is supplied with your plotter)  
Translucent bond  
700  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
750C Plus  
Coated paper (one roll is supplied with your plotter)  
Heavy coated paper  
Matte and clear film.  
In addition for the HP DesignJet 750C Plus:  
High-gloss and semi-gloss photo paper  
High-gloss film.  
750C Plus  
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Welcome  
User Interface  
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The plotter’s front panel includes an easy-to-use interface with a two-line display,  
giving you access to a comprehensive set of plotter functions and to a number of  
useful sample plots.  
This manual includes a short tutorial to teach you how to navigate around the  
menus. Wherever a front-panel feature is explained in this manual, a simple  
graphic shows you how to access that feature from the front-panel menus.  
Queueing & Nesting  
Queue mgmt  
Page ID  
Software Applications and Drivers  
To make sure that your plotter prints exactly what you were expecting – in terms of  
size, position, orientation, color and quality – the key is to use the correct driver for  
the combination of your application software and your plotter, and to be confident  
that it is configured correctly.  
Two types of HP drivers are supplied with your plotter:  
One or more for AutoCAD users,  
One for users of MicrosoftR Windows applications.  
These drivers come with printed and on line documentation to help you install and  
configure them correctly.  
Generally, software applications include their own drivers too. With this plotter we  
have provided free of charge a set of Software Application Notes for the most  
popular applications. If you find your own application in these notes, we  
recommend that you use the information they contain as an overall guide to  
configuring the software for your plotter.  
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Welcome  
Memory and Upgrades  
Your plotter comes with a standard memory of 5.5 MB (4 MB of main memory  
and 1.5 MB of printing memory). In case you need to print particularly large  
1
files , you can upgrade your plotter with up to two 32 MB memory expansion  
modules, taking the maximum memory up to 69.5 MB (5.5 + (2 x 32)).  
700  
Your plotter comes with a standard memory of 11 MB (8 MB of main memory and  
1
3 MB of printing memory). In case you need to print particularly large files , you  
can upgrade your plotter with up to two 32 MB memory expansion modules,  
taking the maximum memory up to 75 MB (11 + (2 x 32)).  
750C Plus  
Other upgrades available are:  
A PostScriptr upgrade kit (including a ROM SIMM for the plotter and an  
Adobe PostScript driver for your software).  
A network interface card (the HP JetDirect Print Server).  
1
Note that there is not a one-for-one relationship between the plotter’s memory and the maximum size  
of file that it can plot.  
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Welcome  
Front View  
Window  
Print Cartridge(s)  
(Inside)  
Front Panel Display  
Front Panel  
Media Lever  
Media-Entry Slot  
ON/OFF Switch  
Roll Cover  
Media Bin  
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Welcome  
Rear View  
Parallel-Interface  
Serial-Interface  
Slot For Optional Network Interface  
Socket For  
Power Cord  
Pocket For  
Quick Reference Guide  
And Media Knife  
Slots For Memory Expansion  
Modules and Upgrades  
(Behind Cover Plate)  
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1
Fast Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2  
Set Up Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4  
Task 1: Check That You Have All the Items Required . . . . . . 1-5  
Task 2: Install Memory Expansion Modules (Optional) . . . . 1-6  
Task 3: Switch On and  
Change the Language From English (Optional) . . . . 1-9  
Task 4: Load Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11  
Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20  
Task 6: Print a Demonstration Plot (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24  
Task 7: Connect the Plotter to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27  
Task 8: Configure the Interface (Serial interface users only) 1-29  
Task 9: Set Up Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35  
Task 10: Print a Test Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39  
Extra Tips For UNIX Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40  
Setting Up Your Plotter  
Installation, Connection,  
and Configuration  
1-1  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Fast Track  
Fast Track  
If You Meet All the Following Requirements:  
You want English as the language of the front-panel display and of the plotter’s  
internal plots.  
You are experienced at installing printers or plotters.  
You don’t want to add extra memory.  
For the HP DesignJet 700:  
700  
You are going to use roll media.  
For the HP DesignJet 750C Plus:  
750C Plus  
You are going to use roll media and print in color.  
You know whether to connect the plotter directly to your computer or to a  
network and whether to use the parallel or serial interface, and you already have  
the right cable.  
(Serial interface users) Your computer’s RS-232-C settings are 9600 baud, no  
parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit.  
... Just Do the Following Six Steps and Skip the Rest of This Chapter.  
1 Connect the power cord and switch on.  
2 Load the roll of media supplied, following the instructions on the label inside  
the plotter’s roll cover. Watch the front-panel display for further instructions.  
3 Press Access Cartridge(s) and open the plotter window.  
For the HP DesignJet 700:  
700  
Load the black print-cartridge into the carriage on the left side of the plotter.  
Don’t forget to remove the tape from the cartridge.  
For the HP DesignJet 750C Plus:  
750C Plus  
Load the four color print-cartridges into the carriage on the left side of the  
plotter. Don’t forget to remove the tape from the cartridges.  
Continued...  
1-2  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Fast Track  
4 Close the plotter’s window and let the plotter run its automatic  
cartridge-alignment procedure.  
5 Switch off the plotter and your computer, connect the interface cable, and  
then switch them on again.  
6 Choose your driver disk(s), read the instructions on the label, and follow  
any printed instructions accompanying the disks. For AutoCAD or  
Microsoft Windows applications, the driver is shipped with the plotter.  
For other applications, see page 1-38 for advice, and, if necessary, contact  
your software vendor.  
1-3  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Set Up Checklist  
Set Up Checklist  
You should already have unpacked and assembled the plotter, following the  
Assembly Instructions in the box. Now you can set up the plotter, using the  
checklist below as you complete each task explained in this chapter.  
Task  
1
Done? (n)  
Check that you have all the items required.  
Install memory expansion modules (Optional).  
Switch on and change the language from English (Optional).  
Load media.  
2
3
4
Load the print-cartridge(s).  
5
Print the demonstration plot (Optional).  
Connect the plotter to your computer.  
Configure the interface (Serial interface users only).  
Set up your software.  
6
7
8
9
Print a test plot.  
10  
1-4  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 1: Check That You Have All the Items Required  
Task 1: Check That You Have All the Items Required  
Supplied  
1 You need the following items, which were supplied with the plotter.  
Power cord  
The power cord supplied with your plotter should meet the plug requirements for  
your area. However, different power cords (international options) are available. If  
necessary, contact your dealer or HP Sales and Support Office.  
A roll of HP Opaque Bond Paper (for the HP DesignJet 700)  
A roll of HP Coated Paper (for the HP DesignJet 750C Plus)  
Print cartridge(s):  
For the HP DesignJet 700:  
Two black  
700  
For the HP DesignJet 750C Plus:  
One yellow  
One cyan  
750C Plus  
One magenta  
Two black  
2 Inspect the plotter itself and the above accessories. If you received any item in a  
damaged condition, notify the dealer or HP Sales and Support Office where you  
purchased the plotter, and file a claim with the carrier.  
Not supplied  
Optional  
3 You will also need the following items, which were not supplied with the plotter.  
Interface cable  
For details of suitable cables, see page 11-8.  
4 If you have purchased extra memory, you will need your  
Memory expansion module  
For details of the memory expansion modules available, see page 11-14.  
1-5  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 2: (Optional) Install Memory Expansion Modules  
Task 2: Install Memory Expansion Modules (Optional)  
Your plotter comes with 5.5 MB of standard memory.  
700  
Your plotter comes with 11 MB of standard memory.  
750C Plus  
You can expand this by adding one or two memory expansion modules, in any  
combination. Supported sizes are 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB and 32 MB. So the  
maximum standard memory for your plotter is:  
5.5 + 32 + 32 = 69.5 MB  
11 + 32 + 32 = 75 MB  
700  
750C Plus  
For HP part numbers, see page 11-14.  
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Make sure that the plotter is switched OFF and that neither the power cord  
nor an interface cable is connected.  
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X
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1-6  
Setting Up The Plotter  
Task 2: (Optional) Install Memory Expansion Modules  
2
Using a flat-blade screwdriver, unscrew the cover plate at the back of the  
plotter, and remove it. Unscrew only the four screws on the cover plate.  
Cover plate  
The two slots on the right are for memory expansion modules. Use slot 3  
first, and then slot 4.  
Slot for first memory module installed  
Slot for second memory module installed  
1 2 3 4  
If your plotter has only one memory module, it must be in slot number 3.  
1845a  
1-7  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 2: (Optional) Install Memory Expansion Module  
Before handling a memory module, either put on a grounding wrist strap and  
attach the end to the metal chassis of the plotter, or touch the outer metal  
surface of the plotter with your hand. Otherwise, static electricity from your  
body could damage the memory module.  
C A U T I O N  
3 Take the memory module out of its bag, holding the module only by the edges.  
4
a Hold the module by its  
edges with the  
Grounding  
Wrist Strap  
nonmetallic edge toward  
you and the small notch  
at the bottom.  
b With the nonmetallic  
edge angled to the right,  
firmly push the module  
into the slot. Gradually  
straighten the angle and  
push it in until it clicks  
into place.  
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5
Using a flat-blade screwdriver, replace the cover plate and its four screws.  
1845b  
1-8  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 3: Switch On and (Optional) Change the Language From English  
Task 3: Switch On and Change the Language From  
English (Optional)  
The plotter’s front-panel menus and all the plotter’s sample plots are available in  
1
the following languages : English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,  
and Spanish. By default, the language is English.  
Be sure that the power cord supplied with your plotter matches your ac power  
connection requirements. Use only three-wire (earth-grounded) power cords  
with this plotter.  
W A R N I N G  
1 Make sure that the power switch on the front of the plotter is OFF.  
2
Plug the power cord into the socket at  
the back of the plotter, and then into  
your power outlet.  
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If English OK  
or if you have  
already  
3
Switch on the plotter by pushing the power switch. Then go to Step 4.  
changed the  
language  
on  
If there is no sound, nor any light on the front panel, you have a power problem.  
1843  
1
The physical front-panel overlay is also available in Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese.  
1-9  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Setup Task 3: Switch On and (Optional) Change the language From English  
If English not OK  
or if you want  
to change the  
language  
4
Hold down the Enter key on the front panel and then switch on the plotter by  
pushing the power switch.  
Enter  
1 Press and hold  
2 Switch on  
Release the Enter key when STATUS / Initializing” appears on the front-panel  
screen. If there is no sound, nor any light on the front panel, you have a power  
problem.  
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When the word “English” appears on the front-panel screen, press the or  
key until your language appears. Then press Enter.  
LANGUAGE  
English  
Enter  
0014  
1-10  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 4: Load Media  
Task 4: Load Media  
For advice on the availability and use of different media types, see the section  
starting on page 3-2.  
IMPORTANT  
Because the next task is to load the cartridge(s) and carry out the automatic  
cartridge alignment procedure, you must load opaque media at this stage – for  
example, opaque bond (plotter paper) for the DesignJet 700 or coated paper for the  
DesignJet 750C Plus, as this necessary for the alignment procedure. A roll of  
suitable HP Media is supplied with your plotter.  
To load roll media, start with step 1 below.  
To load sheet media, go to page 1-18.  
To Load a Roll  
1 Make sure the plotter wheels are locked (the brake levers pressed down) to prevent  
the plotter from moving.  
2
Open the roll cover and remove the empty spindle by pulling firmly on each  
end. The two ends are different: end A has a media stop and end B a smaller  
end cap, as shown on the next page.  
B
Roll cover  
A
Place the spindle vertically on the floor, with the media stop at the bottom,  
ready for the new roll.  
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1-11  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 4: Load Media  
3
Remove the new roll from its wrapping. Remove the end cap from the top  
of the spindle, and slide the new roll onto the spindle. The leading edge of  
the media must wind clockwise.  
End cap removed.  
If the media stop falls off, push it back  
in until it snaps into position.  
A
0015  
4
Push the end cap back in, making sure that the tabs are flush against the ends of  
the roll. Push it far enough to be firm, but do not use excessive force as this  
may break the tabs.  
B
0016  
1-12  
Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 4: Load Media  
5
Insert the spindle so that the large media stop (A) is to the right and the  
small end cap (B) to the left. Push in firmly on both ends. Be sure the  
media remains flush against the media stop.  
B
A
A
Media path  
0017  
The relationship of the media to the roller must be as shown in the  
diagram above.  
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6 Check the leading edge as it unwinds from the spool. If it is uneven, trim it as  
explained in step 7. Otherwise go to step 8.  
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Task 4: Load Media  
The media cutting knife used in the next step is sharp. Make sure the plotter’s  
wheels are locked. Keep fingers clear of the cutting path. Keep media cutting  
knife away from children.  
W A R N I N G  
7
Trim the leading edge of the media roll:  
a Pull the media over the top of the machine and lay it over the cutting track.  
b Use the media cutting knife in the pocket located at the back of the plotter  
to cut off the first few inches of the media.  
c Retract the blade and return the media cutting knife to its pocket.  
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Task 4: Load Media  
8
a Pull the media towards you and, holding it from the sides, align its right  
edge with the perforated line on the entry platen.  
b Insert the leading edge into the plotter, until the page buckles slightly.  
c Let go of the media when the plotter begins to pull it in.  
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9
Press the key next to the front-panel display to indicate you are loading a roll.  
Sheet load  
Roll load  
––––––––>  
––––––––>  
0014  
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Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 4: Load Media  
10 Press the or key until the display shows the type of media you are loading and  
then press the Enter key.  
SELECT MEDIA  
Opaque bond  
Enter  
700  
(if you are using the roll supplied with the plotter,  
scroll to Opaque bond)  
0014  
SELECT MEDIA  
Coated paper  
Enter  
750C Plus  
(if you are using the roll supplied with the plotter,  
scroll to Coated paper)  
0014  
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Task 4: Load Media  
11  
a When the front panel instructs you, lift the media lever.  
b Take hold of the edges of the media now extending from the exit slot and pull  
the media toward you until taut. Then align the left and right edges of the  
media so that they are flush with the edges of the roll.  
A
B
c When the front panel instructs you, lower the media lever.  
0018  
12 a When the plotter instructs you to close the roll cover, rewind the media stop  
in the direction shown by the large arrow below, to take up any slack in the  
roll. Make sure that the leading edge of the media is outside the roll cover,  
and then close the cover.  
b Press the key to continue. The plotter automatically trims off the first few  
inches of media.  
c The roll media is now loaded and ready for plotting.  
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Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 4: Load Media  
To Load a Sheet  
You can load a sheet in either portrait or landscape orientation. (Your choice of  
orientation is significant when sending a plot from your software, but for the  
moment it doesn’t matter.)  
or  
Printing will be on the underside. So, if loading Coated paper, load with  
the coated side down. For advice on other media types, see page 3-18.  
1 Make sure the media lever is down and the roll cover is closed.  
2
a Holding the media from the sides, align the right edge with the perforated  
line on the entry platen.  
b Insert the media until it buckles slightly, that is, push all the way to the  
media stops. Let go of the media when the plotter begins to pull it in.  
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Task 4: Load Media  
3
Press the key next to the front-panel display to indicate you are loading a  
sheet.  
Sheet load  
Roll load  
––––––––>  
––––––––>  
0014  
4
Press the or key until the display shows the type of media you are loading  
(if you are using regular plotter paper, scroll to Opaque bond; if coated paper,  
scroll to Coated paper), and then press the Enter key.  
SELECT MEDIA  
Opaque bond  
Enter  
0014  
5 The plotter moves the sheet in and out to check its size and alignment, and then  
advances it to the start of the page. When sheet loading is complete, STATUS /  
Ready is displayed.  
If you have persistent difficulty loading media, this may indicate poorly cut media  
– see page 3-21 for advice.  
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Setting Up Your Plotter  
Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s)  
Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s)  
Cartridge types  
IMPORTANT Your plotter is designed to operate only with the cartridges whose  
part numbers are listed on page 11-15, and samples of which are supplied with the  
plotter.  
The HP DesignJet 700 is supplied with two black cartridges (one is a spare cartridge).  
700  
The HP DesignJet 750C Plus is supplied with five cartridges:  
750C Plus  
yellow  
cyan  
magenta  
black (plus one spare black cartridge)  
For the 750C Plus, each stall in the carriage has a dot indicating the color of the  
cartridge that should be installed. You must put the correct cartridge in the correct  
stall otherwise not only will your colors be wrong, but also print quality may be  
impaired. The sequence of the colors is, from left to right, yellow, cyan, magenta  
and black.  
Yellow  
Cyan  
Magenta  
Black  
00019  
For users with color-vision deficiencies. You can identify the colors of the  
cartridges by the part numbers on the boxes – see page 11-15.  
Note. Except on glossy media types, the plotter will operate successfully in  
monochrome with just the black cartridge loaded, but these instructions assume  
that you are loading all four cartridges.  
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Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s)  
Do not touch the stainless steel strip that runs the length of the plotter behind  
the cartridge carriage; its edge is very sharp. Keep hair, jewelry, clothing,  
and foreign objects away from the plotter mechanisms.  
W A R N I N G  
a Press the Access Cartridge(s) key and wait for the cartridge carriage  
1
to come to a complete stop next to the front panel.  
b When the carriage stops, open the window.  
750C Plus  
700  
1849  
It is essential to load the cartridge(s) with the plotter switched ON, otherwise  
you will get poor print quality, and the reliability of your cartridge(s) will be  
impaired.  
C A U T I O N  
Keep new and used print cartridge(s) out of the reach of children.  
W A R N I N G  
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Setting Up Your Plotter  
Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s)  
2
For each cartridge in the set:  
a Take the cartridge out of its box.  
b Remove the colored protective tape and tab  
from the cartridge’s nozzles.  
1754  
For the 750C Plus, match the color of the cartridge’s label  
with the color of the dot above the stall.  
750C Plus  
c Make sure that the plotter is still switched ON (Never install cartridges  
with the plotter switched OFF).  
d Insert the cartridge in the stall. Press down lightly and push the cartridge  
away from you until it snaps into place. If the front-panel display says  
Reseat cartridge(s), then remove the cartridge and insert it again. Do so  
until the message disappears.  
Yellow  
Cyan  
Magenta  
Black  
2
1
0019  
2
750C Plus  
1
r004  
700  
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Setting Up Your Plotter  
Task 5: Load the Print Cartridge(s)  
3 When the cartridges are successfully installed, the plotter automatically runs the  
cartridge alignment procedure. When the front-panel displays STATUS / Ready,  
the procedure is complete. You can throw away the small print produced during  
the cartridge alignment procedure.  
To make your cartridges last as long as possible, you should not remove them once  
they are installed, except to replace them.  
Now that the cartridge(s) are loaded, never turn the plotter upside down, or  
ink will spill.  
C A U T I O N  
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Task 6: (Optional) Print a Demonstration Plot  
Task 6: Print a Demonstration Plot (Optional)  
Before you connect your plotter to a computer, it is a good idea to print one of the  
internal sample plots. This ensures that the plotter itself is operating properly.  
1 If media is not already loaded, load a roll or a sheet, as explained earlier in task 4.  
For advice on the availability and use of different media types, see the section  
starting on page 3-2.  
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Task 6: (Optional) Print a Demonstration Plot  
2
On the front-panel display, go to Demos, as shown below.  
STATUS  
Ready  
Press Enter  
SHORT MENUS  
Queueing & Nesting ³  
Press ↓  
SHORT MENUS  
Demos ³  
Press Enter  
DEMOS  
Palette  
750C Plus  
Press Enter to choose this or to get to the next option  
DEMOS  
Samples  
Press Enter to choose this or to get to the next option  
DEMOS  
Menu  
Press Enter  
Palette prints the Palette Demo, which is explained on page 5-4.  
750C Plus  
Samples accesses a list of sample demonstration plots stored in the plotter’s  
firmware. If only one is available, it starts processing as soon as you press  
Enter.  
Menu prints a menu tree of the entire front-panel menu structure.  
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Task 6: (Optional) Print a Demonstration Plot  
3 The Receiving light flashes while the plot is being processed, and then the plotter  
starts printing. After it has finished:  
On roll media, the plotter waits for the ink to dry, if necessary, and drops the  
plot into the media bin.  
On sheet media, wait until the ink is dry, if necessary (see the front-panel  
display for an ink-drying message), and then gently pull the sheet out from the  
plotter. On HP Coated Paper you don’t need to wait at all.  
4 Examine the plot, with the following questions particularly in mind:  
Are the lines clean and complete?  
Are the area fills smooth?  
Are the black and white areas correctly defined?  
Is the color of good quality?  
700  
750C Plus  
Unless you changed it, the print-quality setting on the front panel was Best. If you  
have any concerns about the print quality of the sample plot, use the  
troubleshooting advice starting on page 9-16.  
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Task 7: Connect the Plotter to Your Computer  
Task 7: Connect the Plotter to Your Computer  
For UNIX systems, see also the tips starting on page 1-40.  
If You Are Connecting the Plotter Directly to a Network  
You can connect your plotter directly to a Local Area Network using an optional  
network interface card such as the HP JetDirect Print Server. Depending on  
your needs, you may want to use the network interface instead of, or in addition to,  
the parallel and serial interfaces.  
The slot for a network interface card is situated at the back of the plotter,  
alongside the parallel and serial ports. Using a flat-head screwdriver, unscrew  
only the two screws on its cover plate.  
Slot for Network Interface Card  
For installation and configuration of the HP JetDirect Print Server, see the  
documentation supplied with that product.  
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Task 7: Connect the Plotter to Your Computer  
If You Are Connecting the Plotter Directly to Your Computer  
1 Decide whether to use the parallel or serial interface.  
If your computer and your application software support it, use the parallel  
interface, as it is faster. You can connect both the parallel and the serial interface  
simultaneously if you wish: the plotter uses the interface that first receives data.  
2 Choose an interface cable.  
A list of recommended HP cables for various computers starts on page 11-8.  
IMPORTANT  
To achieve the best performance from your plotter, we recommend you only use  
genuine Hewlett-Packard interface cables, whose reliability and performance have  
been thoroughly tested to give trouble-free performance.  
3 Switch OFF the plotter and then the computer.  
4
Connect one end of the cable to the appropriate port on the back of the plotter.  
Port for parallel-interface  
cable (plotter end of cable:  
36-pin male)  
Port for serial-interface cable  
(plotter end of cable:  
25-pin male)  
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5 Connect the other end of the cable to your computer. For help on choosing the  
correct port on the computer, refer to your computer documentation.  
6 Switch ON the computer and then the plotter.  
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Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface  
Task 8: Configure the Interface (Serial Interface Users  
Only)  
The following table shows the settings available for the plotter’s serial interface  
parameters, the factory defaults and the most likely requirements for different  
computers.  
Serial (RS-232-C) Settings  
Likely requirement for ...  
Available  
settings  
PC  
Macintosh  
Unix  
Parameter  
Baud rate  
1200  
2400  
4800  
9600  
19200  
38400  
9600  
None  
9600  
None  
(2)  
(2)  
(1)  
Parity  
None  
Even  
Odd  
Italics = factory default  
(1)  
Parity of None = 8 data bits, 1 stop bit  
Parity of Even or Odd = 7 data bits, 1 stop bit  
(2)  
Consult your software documentation.  
The settings on the plotter must match those of the computer and software sending  
the data. Use their documentation to find the requirements. If in doubt, try with  
the above suggestions. If the plotter’s defaults already match the requirements,  
then you can skip the rest of this task.  
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Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface  
To Change the Plotter’s Serial Interface Settings  
Through the front-panel display, you can create and save two sets of configurations  
for the serial interface, called Configurations A and B. By default they are set to  
the factory defaults shown in the table on page 1-29. The factory default  
configuration is always available as well, giving you up to three stored  
configurations to choose from.  
The instructions that follow explain how to specify and apply Configuration A.  
Configuration B can be specified in the same way. To restore the factory default  
configuration see page 7-6  
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Setting Up the Plotter  
Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface  
1
On the front-panel display, change the Menu mode from Short to Full.  
STATUS  
Ready  
Press Enter  
SHORT MENUS  
If FULL MENUS is displayed instead  
of SHORT MENUS, you can skip this  
step and go to step 2.  
Queueing & Nesting ³  
Press ↓  
SHORT MENUS  
Demos ³  
Press ↓  
UTILITIES  
Menu mode=Short ³  
Press Enter  
MENU MODE  
Short*  
Press ↓  
MENU MODE  
Full  
Press Enter  
UTILITIES  
Menu mode=Full ³  
Press Previous  
FULL MENUS  
Utilities ³  
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Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface  
2
Get to the routine for defining a new serial configuration.  
FULL MENUS  
Utilities ³  
Press ↓  
FULL MENUS  
I/O setup ³  
Press Enter  
I/O SETUP  
Modular ³  
Press ↓  
I/O SETUP  
RS–232–C ³  
Press Enter  
RS–232–C  
Config=Factory ³  
Press ↓  
RS–232–C SETUP  
Define config  
Press Enter  
DEFINE CONFIG  
Config A ³  
Press Enter  
CONFIG A  
Baudrate=9600  
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Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface  
3
Configure the serial interface to match your software configuration.  
This example changes the configuration  
CONFIG A  
to 19200 Baud and Even parity.  
Baudrate=9600 ³  
Press Enter  
BAUDRATE  
9600*  
Press ↑  
BAUDRATE  
19200  
Press Enter  
CONFIG A  
Baudrate=19200 ³  
Press ↓  
CONFIG A  
parity=None(0) ³  
Press Enter  
PARITY  
none(0)*  
Press ↓  
PARITY  
Even  
Press Enter  
CONFIG A  
RS–232–C  
Parity=Even ³  
Config=Factory ³  
Press Previous until you return to ...  
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Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface  
4
Switch to the new configuration.  
RS–232–C  
Config=Factory ³  
Press Enter  
CONFIG  
Factory*  
Press ↓  
CONFIG  
Config A  
Press Enter  
RS–232–C  
Config=A ³  
STATUS  
Press Previous until you return to ...  
Ready  
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Task 9: Set Up Your Software  
Task 9: Set Up Your Software  
This section gives a simple overview of the software-configuration tasks you need  
to perform and is designed for those users unfamiliar with this type of task. It also  
points to documents containing detailed, application-specific advice.  
More experienced users may prefer to go straight to those documents.  
For UNIX systems, see also the tips starting on page 1-40.  
Basic Terminology  
Application software  
Application software means the software from which you intend to send plots to  
your plotter – for example, a CAD system, a graphics package, a desktop  
publishing system etc.  
Drivers  
Your application software needs to know to which type of plotter it is sending  
information. This knowledge, and other configuration information, is held in a  
“driver.” The driver is a piece of software that handles communications between  
your application software and your plotter.  
To make sure that your plotter prints exactly what you expect – in terms of size,  
position, orientation and quality – use the correct driver for the combination of  
your application software and your plotter.  
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Task 9: Set Up Your Software  
Typical Checklist of Tasks to Set Up Your Software  
1 Identify which driver you need.  
Some are supplied with this plotter, as listed in the table on page 1-37. Others are  
supplied with your application software.  
2 If necessary, install the driver on your computer, see the table on page 1-37.  
3 Add this plotter to the device list in the software.  
This list may be accessed, for example, through CONFIG / Add a Plotter (in  
AutoCAD), Printer setup (in Microsoft Windows applications) or Printer type (in  
Macintosh applications). In most cases, you don’t need to add the plotter for each  
individual software application, but, for example, just once for all Microsoft  
Windows applications.  
4 Configure the driver.  
This usually involves a series of dialog boxes where you can specify such items as  
default media type, print quality etc.  
IMPORTANT  
In most cases these settings will override any settings you make on the front panel  
of the plotter.  
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Task 9: Set Up Your Software  
Software and Accessories Supplied with this Plotter, or Available  
as an Option  
Use the information in the table below to decide if you need to install and set up  
any of the software supplied with this plotter. If you don’t know whether your  
application sends PostScript files to the plotter (and therefore whether the plotter  
may require the PostScript Upgrade Kit), consult your application software and its  
documentation.  
Item  
For use  
on  
Supplied  
or optional  
Installation  
Drivers for AutoCAD  
PC  
Supplied  
Install the software on your  
computer.  
Driver for Microsoft  
Windows 95 and 3.1  
Applications  
PC  
Supplied  
Install the software on your  
computer.  
1
PostScript  
Upgrade Kit  
PC  
Optional  
Optional  
Install the firmware in your  
plotter.  
Macintosh  
Install the software on your  
computer.  
HP JetDirect  
Print Server  
PC  
Install the hardware in your  
plotter.  
Macintosh  
Unix  
Install the software on your  
computer.  
1
These items are updated from time to time. For details of which software  
versions are supported, see the documentation included with them.  
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Task 9: Set Up Your Software  
Other Applications  
If you are going to use applications other than AutoCAD or Microsoft Windows  
applications, first check any Software Application Notes supplied with this plotter,  
to see if the application is covered there. If not, here is some general advice:  
The device list in your software may not be up to date with the latest plotters  
available. If the HP DesignJet 700 or HP DesignJet 750C Plus is not quoted by  
name in your application’s device list, select an alternative plotter as follows:  
Preference Device  
Comments  
1
2
3
HP DesignJet 750C or  
HP DesignJet 755CM  
HP DesignJet 350C or  
HP DesignJet 330  
HP DesignJet 250C or  
HP DesignJet 230  
4
5
HP DesignJet 220  
HP DesignJet 650C  
With a preference for  
C2858B/C2859B rather than  
C2958A/C2859A  
6
7
HP DesignJet 200  
HP DesignJet 600 or  
HP DesignJet  
8
9
HP-GL/2 Device  
or a similar option including a  
reference to HP-GL/2  
HP 7600  
10 HP 7595B DraftMaster SX or  
HP 7596B DraftMaster RX or  
HP 7599A DraftMaster MX or  
HP 7595C DraftMaster SX Plus or  
HP 7596C DraftMaster RX Plus or  
HP 7599B DraftMaster MX Plus  
11 HP 7586B  
If you choose these devices  
you may not be able to use  
your plotter’s parallel  
connection – depending on  
the application software.  
12 HP 7580 or  
HP 7585  
The devices in the gray boxes support only HP-GL. The others support HP-GL/2  
and HP-GL.  
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Task 10: Print a Test Plot  
Task 10: Print a Test Plot  
The sample plots explained in task 6 simply verify the operation of the plotter  
itself. Having connected the plotter to your computer and configured the drivers or  
other software for your requirements, you should now be in a position to send a  
test plot using one of your own files.  
Among the points you should be looking out for are:  
Did the Receiving light on the front panel come on?  
Do you see any error message on the front-panel display?  
Does the image appear in the size, orientation and position on the sheet that you  
expected?  
Is any of the image clipped?  
Are the lines of the correct width?  
Are the colors an exact representation of what you expected?  
750C Plus  
If you find any problem at all, start by consulting chapter 9 of this manual,  
“Troubleshooting.” There you will find advice on many different types of  
problems, from obtaining no plot at all, to tracking down the reason for a specific  
print-quality issue. In case you do not solve your problem with the information  
supplied there, chapter 9 also contains advice on where else to turn for help.  
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Extra Tips For UNIX Users  
Extra Tips for UNIX Users  
Which Interface?  
You can connect the plotter to your workstation in one of two ways:  
Via the UNIX print-spooling system, using any of the interfaces: network,  
parallel or serial  
Directly using the serial interface  
Recommendations  
The print-spooling system is recommended, so that printing takes place in the  
background while you continue using your application. A Print Server is also  
recommended, as it will give you not only more flexibility in locating the plotter,  
but also the possibility of network integration and centralized plotter  
configurations using BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer  
Protocol).  
If you choose the parallel interface, you may need a parallel interface card for your  
workstation. Contact your workstation supplier for details.  
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Extra Tips For UNIX Users  
Print Spooler Configuration Examples  
Example 1: Configuring the SunOS 4.1.3 Print Spooler for Sun SPARCstations  
(parallel interface)  
In order to perform the following steps you must be a superuser.  
1 Create a directory for print spooling. All application users need read and write  
permission for this directory. For example, from the command line of a shell, type  
mkdir /usr/spool/cad  
chmod 777 /usr/spool/cad  
2 Edit the /etc/printcap file to set up the plotter configuration. You must assign a  
name to each printer or plotter managed by the print spooler. Refer to the example  
below if you need help completing this step.  
Add these lines to your /etc/printcap file if:  
your plotter is named djet,  
the device name of your parallel port is /dev/bpp0, and  
your spool directory is called /usr/spool/cad.  
# Entry for an HP plotter on a parallel port  
djet:\  
:mx#0:sf:sh:\  
:lp=/dev/bpp0:\  
:sd=/usr/spool/cad:\  
:lf=/usr/adm/lpd–errs:  
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Extra Tips For UNIX Users  
Example 2: Configuring the SunOS 4.1.3 Print Spooler for Sun SPARCstations  
(serial interface)  
In order to perform the following steps you must be a superuser.  
1 Create a directory for print spooling. All application users need read and write  
permission for this directory. For example, from the command line of a shell, type  
mkdir /usr/spool/cad  
chmod 777 /usr/spool/cad  
2 Edit the /etc/printcap file to set up the plotter configuration. You must assign a  
name to each printer or plotter managed by the print spooler. Refer to the example  
below if you need help completing this step.  
3 Add these lines to your /etc/printcap file if:  
your plotter is named djet, and  
your plotter is connected to the device named /dev/ttya (usually the first serial  
port on the workstation), and  
the spooling directory you created in step 1 is called /usr/spool/cad.  
# Entry for an HP plotter on a serial port  
djet:\  
:lp=/dev/ttya:sd=/usr/spool/cad:br#9600:\  
:lf=/usr/adm/lpd–errs:\  
:sf:sh:mx#0:xc#0177777:xs#040040:fc#050:\  
:ms=–evenp:  
4 Make sure the plotter’s baud rate is 9600 and parity is even.  
Example 3: Configuring the SunOS 4.1.3 print spooler for Sun SPARCstations  
(HP JetDirect Print Server)  
See the Configuration Guide shipped with the HP JetDirect Print Server.  
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Extra Tips For UNIX Users  
Example 4: Configuring the Solaris 2.x Print Spooler for Sun SPARCstations  
In order to perform the following steps you must be a superuser or belong to the  
special sysadmin (GID=14) group. If you are using the NIS+ name service, you  
may need NIS+ permission to modify the printer table. Refer to your Sun  
documentation for details.  
1 Create a directory for print spooling. All application users need read and write  
permission for this directory, so you must be a superuser to perform this step. For  
example, from the command line of a shell, type:  
mkdir /usr/spool/cad  
chmod 777 /usr/spool/cad  
2 Start the Administration Tool utility (from OpenWindowst).  
% /bin/admintool  
3 Load the Printer Manager window, and, from the Add Printer edit menu, select Add  
Local Printer.  
4 In the Add Local Printer dialog box:  
Item  
Select  
Printer Name:  
For example,HP DesignJet 700 or  
HP DesignJet 750C Plus, depending on the plotter you have  
purchased  
Printer Type:  
File Contents:  
Banner:  
Other, and set it to Unknown  
Any  
Not required  
For full details on how to use the Printer Manager option of admintool, consult your  
Sun documentation.  
5 Exit admintool.  
6 For serial connections:  
a Make sure the plotter’s baud rate is 9600 and parity is even.  
b From the command line of a shell, as superuser, enter the following:  
lpadmin –p pname –o ”stty=’9600 evenp –cstopb ixon ixoff’”  
where pname is the same as Printer Name in step 4. It is assumed that /usr/sbin  
is in the superuser’s path.  
1-43  
1-44  
2
The Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2  
The Display Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3  
Printing the Menus Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5  
Description of the Menus Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5  
Entering the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6  
Navigating the Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7  
Menu Graphics Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9  
Other Types of Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10  
Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11  
Example 1: Changing Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11  
Example 2: Changing the Drying Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12  
Learning How To Use the Front Panel  
Display  
Tutorial  
2-1  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
The Front Panel  
The Front Panel  
The front panel of the HP DesignJet 700 and 750C Plus plotters is shown below:  
Display section  
700  
Status lights  
Plotting mode keys  
Action keys  
Display section  
750C Plus  
Status lights  
Plotting mode keys  
Action keys  
2-2  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
The Front Panel  
The purpose of this tutorial is to explain the use of the display section. The other  
sections and their use are described later in this manual.  
The display section is used primarily for setting the plotter’s configuration, so,  
before the tutorial, print the current configuration. You can then return to this  
afterwards.  
1 Make sure that media is loaded. See page 3-10 for loading information.  
2 Print the Current Configuration plot, by pressing the ° and ± keys  
simultaneously.  
Previous  
STATUS  
Press these two  
simultaneously  
Ready  
Enter  
Keep the plot for later reference.  
The Display Section  
The display section of the front panel consists of the display itself and the four  
display keys to its right (Previous, , and Enter).  
Previous  
STATUS  
Display keys  
Ready  
Enter  
2-3  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
The Front Panel  
The display can show two lines of text and is used for displaying:  
S Menus, for example  
Menu title  
UTILITIES  
Menu mode=short³  
Menu option  
In this case, you can use the display keys to navigate the menu system  
and select menu options.  
S Messages, for example  
Load error  
Remove media  
These messages may concern machine status, actions required or  
errors.  
In this case, you can use the display keys to respond to messages.  
See chapter 10, “Front panel messages” for more information.  
2-4  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Printing the Menus Plot  
Printing the Menus Plot  
You can see the complete menu structure available on the plotter by printing the  
Front Panel Menus plot. To help you understand the menu structure and how to  
navigate it, print it now  
1 Check that media is loaded. See page 3-10 for loading information.  
2 Select the Menu option from the DEMO PLOTS menu, as described in chapter 1,  
task 6. The Front-Panel Menus plot will be printed.  
Description of the Menus Plot  
Look at the Front-Panel Menus plot . It shows the full menu structure. Here is a  
sample section of it (concerned with pen settings):  
1
2
3
4
5
6
There are six columns:  
1 contains the highest level  
menu options.  
6 contains the lowest level  
menu options.  
A
Row associated with  
first level menu A  
(Pen settings).  
Area expanded for use in  
the navigation example  
on page 2-8.  
2-5  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Entering the Menu System  
Entering the Menu System  
With a STATUS screen displayed, for instance:  
STATUS  
Ready  
press the Enter key.  
Either the SHORT MENUS screen:  
SHORT MENUS  
Queueing & Nesting  
Only menus shaded yellow in Front  
Panel Menus plot accessible (Shaded  
gray if printing in black only).  
or the FULL MENUS screen:  
FULL MENUS  
Queueing & Nesting  
All menus accessible.  
1
is displayed, with the Queueing & Nesting option shown.  
Change to full menu mode, if necessary. See page 1-31.  
You are now in the first level menu, shown in the first column of the Front  
Panel Menus plot.  
1
You may not be able to access the menu system immediately, if the current task overrides  
it. If this happens, wait until the task is completed and try again.  
2-6  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Navigating the Menu System  
Navigating the Menu System  
Once in the first-level menu, you navigate the system using the display keys.  
Press Previous to display the previous menu level, without  
changing any menu selections (equivalent to moving left [²]  
1
one column in the Front-Panel Menus plot).  
Press ° to scroll up, or ± to scroll down  
through the options in a menu (equivalent  
to moving up [°] or down [±] a column in  
the Front-Panel Menus plot).  
The option list is continuous, allowing you  
to move from the bottom to the top by  
pressing ± or from the top to the bottom  
by pressing °.  
Press Enter to:  
a select an option and move to the next menu level, when in  
the menu system (equivalent to moving one column to the  
right [³] in the Front-Panel Menus plot).  
b add to the configuration, your displayed choice from the options  
available in the lowest level menu [¼].  
1
The colored arrows °±²³¼, shown in square brackets above, are used to represent  
pressing the relevant keys once, in the following navigation example.  
2-7  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Navigating the Menu System  
Use this example to practice navigating the menu system. It assumes that  
you have entered the menu system from the STATUS screen and wish to  
change the Merge setting in Pen settings. The colored arrows on the  
excerpt of the Front-Panel Menus plot below correspond to the numbered  
instructions.  
1 Press the ± key five times to display the Pen settings option.  
2 Press the Enter key to select the option and move to the Pen settings  
second-level menu. The Palette option is displayed.  
3 Press the ± key once to display the Merge option.  
4 Press the Enter key to select the option and move to the Merge  
third-level menu. The option currently selected is displayed with a *.  
5 Change the displayed option by pressing the ± or the ° key.  
6 Press the Enter key to set Merge equal to the new displayed value. You  
will be returned to the Merge second-level menu.  
7 To exit the menu system, press the Previous key twice.  
If you now re–enter the menu system and repeat steps 1 to 4, you will see  
the option that you selected displayed with a *.  
±
1
±
Software*  
Palette A  
Palette B  
Factory  
±
Palette=³  
±
±
±3  
Off*  
±°  
5
Merge=³  
Pen settings³  
¼
6
³
2
On  
³
4
²
7
²
Palette A³  
Palette B³  
Factory³  
7
Define palette³  
Note: A ³ character in a menu option box indicates that another level of  
menu is available.  
2-8  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Navigating the Menu System  
Menu Graphics Used in this Manual  
At the end of this chapter, there are some examples of navigating the menu system,  
showing all the menu displays available. In the rest of this manual, when you need  
to use the menu system, a simple menu graphic will appear in the left margin  
giving a concise explanation of how to navigate to the exact place.  
The graphics look similar to this, but further levels may be shown:  
First column selection  
Second column selection  
Represents pressing Enter  
Full menu mode  
Default: 0  
Affects next plot sent  
Stays after power off  
Menu mode required, and other useful  
information for item  
2-9  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Other Types of Screen  
Other Types of Screens  
Other screen, such as those displayed for selecting media type during media  
loading:  
SELECT MEDIA  
Opaque bond  
or for changing the language:  
LANGUAGE  
English  
are in fact further examples of selection menus which are not part of the  
main menu system. These behave in the same way as other menus, in that  
you can scroll through the options using the ± and ° keys and select a  
displayed option using the Enter key.  
2-10  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Examples  
Examples  
Example 1: Changing Margins  
In the section of this manual that describes how to adjust the page margins, the  
icon on the left is shown, indicating that you should go to the MARGINS menu as  
follows.  
Page format  
Margins  
Full menu mode  
Default: Normal  
Affects next plot  
With the STATUS screen displayed:  
STATUS  
Ready  
1 Enter the menu system by pressing the Enter key.  
Either the SHORT MENUS screen or the FULL MENUS screen is  
displayed with the Queueing & Nesting option. If necessary, see page  
1-31 and change to full menu mode.  
FULL MENUS  
Queueing & Nesting  
2 Press the ° key once, or the ± key 6 times, to display the required option.  
FULL MENUS  
Page format³  
3 Press the Enter key.  
PAGE FORMAT  
Size=ISO³  
Continued...  
2-11  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Examples  
4 Press the ± key twice, or the ° key twice, to display the required option.  
PAGE FORMAT  
Margins=Normal  
5 Press the Enter key to display the MARGINS menu.  
MARGINS  
Normal  
6 Use the and keys to display the available options and, when the one  
required is displayed, press the Enter key to select it as the value for  
Margins.  
Example 2: Changing the Drying Time  
The section on adjusting the drying time, to suit different environmental  
conditions, contains the icon shown on the left, indicating that you should go to the  
DRYING TIME menu. This example assumes that the display is in full menu mode  
following example 1, but can be used in short menu mode.  
Device setup  
Drying time  
Both menu modes  
Default: Normal  
With the STATUS screen displayed  
STATUS  
Ready  
1 Enter the menu system by pressing the Enter key.  
The FULL MENUS screen is displayed with the Queueing & Nesting  
option.  
FULL MENUS  
Queueing & Nesting  
Continued...  
2-12  
Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display  
Examples  
2 Press the ° key 3 times, or the ± key 4 times, to display the required option.  
FULL MENUS  
Device setup³  
3 Press the Enter key. (If the display is in short menu mode, you will  
notice that the screen shown after instruction 4 below is displayed at  
this point, so go to instruction 5.)  
DEVICE SETUP  
Lang=7586, HP–GL/2³  
4 Press the ° key once, or the ± key 4 times, to display the required option.  
DEVICE SETUP  
Drying time=Normal³  
5 Press the Enter key to display the DRYING TIME menu.  
DRYING TIME  
Normal*  
6 Use the and keys to display the available options and, when the one  
required is displayed, press the Enter key to select it as the value for  
Drying time.  
2-13  
2-14  
3
Choosing Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2  
Caring For Your Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9  
Loading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10  
Unloading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22  
Replacing Cartridge(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
3-1  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
Choosing Media  
Your plotter supports many types of paper and other media types. Choosing the  
best media type for your requirements is the first (and most important) step in  
ensuring good print quality. It is recommended you only use genuine  
Hewlett-Packard media, whose reliability and performance have been developed  
and thoroughly tested to give trouble-free performance and optimal print quality.  
For details of Hewlett-Packard media, see page 3-3 and the HP DesignJet Papers  
and Films catalog supplied with the plotter.  
Five Important Points about Media Types  
When selecting different opaque paper types, be aware that you will use  
significantly less ink printing on coated types than on normal opaque bond.  
Most media types are supported , However the quality of some plots may not be as  
good if you do not use HP media. For media details, see the table on page 3-5.  
Whenever you load a roll or a sheet, the plotter’s front-panel display prompts  
you to specify which media type you are loading. It is absolutely essential for  
good print quality to specify this correctly. The table on page 3-3 gives you all  
the information you need. If media is already loaded and you are unsure which  
media type was specified, go to Utilities / Statistics in the front panel, as  
explained on page 7-2.  
You should also be aware of which print quality setting (best, normal or fast)  
you are using. You can set this either from your software or from the plotter’s  
front panel (the software driver setting will override any print quality setting  
made on the front panel). The combination of media type and print quality  
settings automatically tells the plotter how to place the ink on the media – for  
example, in terms of ink density and number of passes of the cartridge(s). For  
more details, see the tables on page(s) 3-6 and 3-7. There are print quality  
improvements which can be made using Sharp lines on the front panel menu or  
in the Windows, this is described on page 5-14.  
Included with this plotter is a HP DesignJet Papers and Films catalog which  
gives ordering details for Hewlett-Packard media supplies. To get the latest  
version of this document, contact your local HP Sales and Support office.  
3-2  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
Supported Media Types  
Media Type on the  
Front-Panel Display  
1
Also Known As  
Commercial Name of HP Media  
Opaque bond  
Plotter paper  
HP Opaque Bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
HP Translucent Bond  
HP Natural Tracing Paper  
Natural tracing paper  
Tracing paper  
Extra translucent bond  
Vellum  
HP Vellum  
Coated paper  
Special paper  
HP Coated Paper  
Special inkjet paper  
Color inkjet paper  
Matte paper  
Note: HP Special Inkjet Paper is not  
supported on the HP DesignJet 700  
plotter.  
Presentation  
700  
Heavy coated paper  
Heavyweight coated paper  
Heavyweight special paper  
Heavyweight inkjet paper  
Heavyweight color inkjet paper  
Heavyweight matte paper  
HP Coated Heavyweight Paper  
Note: HP Heavyweight Special  
Inkjet Paper is not supported on the  
HP DesignJet 700 plotter.  
700  
Matte film  
Matte polyester  
Poly matte film  
Mylar  
HP Matte Film  
Clear film  
Translucent film  
HP Clear Film  
Clear polyester  
High-gloss photo  
High-gloss photo paper  
High-gloss paper  
HP High-Gloss Photo Paper  
HP Semi-Gloss Photo Paper  
HP High-Gloss White Film  
750C Plus  
Semi-gloss photo  
Semi-gloss photo paper  
Semi-gloss paper  
High-gloss white film  
750C Plus  
High-gloss film  
750C Plus  
1
From time to time, new media types may become available. For up-to-date information, please contact  
your HP dealer or local HP Sales and Support Office.  
3-3  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
Physical Characteristics of Media Types  
Physical Characteristics  
Media Type on the  
Front-panel Display  
Opacity  
Matte or  
Glossy  
Special coated  
side for plotting?  
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Opaque  
Matte  
No  
No  
No  
No  
Semi-opaque Matte  
Semi-opaque Matte  
Semi-opaque Matte  
1
Coated paper  
Heavy coated paper  
Matte film  
Opaque  
Opaque  
Matte  
Matte  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Semi-opaque Matte  
Clear film  
Clear  
High-gloss photo  
Semi-gloss photo  
High-gloss film  
1
Opaque  
Opaque  
Opaque  
Glossy  
Glossy  
Glossy  
750C Plus  
When loading coated paper into the plotter, ensure the coated side is facing  
downwards.  
3-4  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
Cost and Color Support of Media Types  
750C Plus  
Media Type on the  
Front-panel Display  
Cost (Relative to  
Each Other)  
Recommended for  
Color?  
1
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Low  
CAD drawings only  
No  
Low  
1
Moderate  
Moderate  
Low / moderate  
Moderate  
High  
CAD drawings only  
HP media only  
Coated paper  
Heavy coated paper  
Matte film  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Yes  
Clear film  
High  
High-gloss photo  
Semi-gloss photo  
High-gloss film  
1
High  
High  
High  
The limitations using non-coated media for color depends on:  
the amount of filled area in your drawing (the more there is, the less likely that  
the print quality on opaque bond will be satisfactory),  
the quality of the media.  
3-5  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
Combinations of Media Type and Print Quality  
The table below shows that some combinations of media type and print quality are  
not recommended.  
Media Type on the  
Front Panel Display  
Print Quality  
(Set Either on the Front Panel or In the Software)  
Fast  
OK  
Normal  
OK  
Best  
OK  
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
OK  
OK  
OK  
700  
Translucent bond  
OK  
OK  
OK  
in monochrome  
in monochrome  
in monochrome  
750C Plus  
only  
only  
only  
Natural tracing paper OK  
OK  
OK  
OK  
OK  
Vellum  
OK  
OK  
Coated paper  
OK  
OK  
OK  
OK  
Heavy coated paper  
Matte film  
OK  
OK  
OK  
OK  
OK  
Clear film  
OK  
OK  
High-gloss photo  
Not  
OK  
OK  
OK  
OK  
750C Plus  
750C Plus  
recommended  
Semi-gloss photo  
High-gloss film  
Not  
OK  
OK  
recommended  
Not  
750C Plus  
recommended  
IMPORTANT  
If you are using an add-on a third-party Raster Image Processor (RIP), in order to  
create additional print modes on your plotter, then the above table may not apply.  
In this case, consult your RIP vendor for advice on the best settings for your re-  
quirements. A clue as to whether you are using a RIP or not is the message on the  
plotter’s front panel while it is printing. If the message “STATUS / Printing (spe-  
cial)” appears, then you are using a RIP. If the message “STATUS / Printing”  
appears, then you are probably not using a RIP.  
3-6  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
Typical Media Type Choices by Application  
2
Application  
Use  
Typical Choice of Media  
Probable Choice of  
Print Quality  
3
1
CAD  
Drafts  
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Final versions  
Archives  
Opaque bond  
Matte film  
Clear film  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
700  
Vellum  
Matte film  
Clear film  
Best  
Best  
Best  
Diazo reproductions  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Matte film  
1
2
CAD = Computer-Aided Design  
Using the generic media types on the front-panel display  
Set either on the front panel or in the software  
3
3-7  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Choosing Media  
2
Application  
Use  
Typical Choice of Media  
Probable Choice  
of Print Quality  
3
1
Drafts  
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Opaque bond  
Matte film  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Best  
CAD  
monochrome  
Final versions  
Archives  
Clear film  
Vellum  
Matte film  
750C Plus  
Best  
Clear film  
Best  
Diazo reproductions Translucent bond  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Fast or Normal  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Fast or Normal  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Matte film  
1
1
Drafts  
Opaque bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
CAD and GIS  
color  
Coated paper  
Coated paper  
Final versions  
Heavy coated paper (for  
durability)  
Matte film  
750C Plus  
Clear film  
Archives  
Matte film  
Best  
Clear film  
Normal  
Overlays  
Matte  
Clear film  
Fast or Normal  
Imaging and graphics  
package(s)  
color  
Opaque bond (for drafts)  
Coated paper  
Heavy coated paper (for  
durability)  
Fast, Normal or  
Best  
Fast, Normal or  
Best  
Normal or Best  
Gloss  
High-gloss photo  
Semi-gloss photo  
High-gloss film  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
Normal or Best  
750C Plus  
Clear film  
Clear film  
Best  
1
2
CAD = Computer-Aided Design  
Using the generic media types on the front-panel display  
Set either on the front panel or in the software  
3
GIS = Geographical Information or Mapping Systems  
3-8  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Caring For Your Media  
Caring For Your Media  
Handle film and glossy media by the edge(s) or wear cotton gloves. Skin oils  
can interact with ink and cause your plot to smear.  
Make sure the media bin is installed between the plotter’s legs. When the  
plotter finishes each plot on roll media, it automatically cuts the plot and drops  
it into the bin. Note that mixing plot sizes can cause shorter plots to curl and  
shuffle in the bin.  
Colors may eventually fade or change when exposed to office light or sunlight  
over a period of time. Therefore:  
avoid exposing your plots longer than necessary to direct sunlight.  
750C Plus  
ideally, when not using your plots, store them away from any light, for  
example, in a drawer.  
3-9  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
Loading Media  
To Change a Roll  
1 Make sure the plotter wheels are locked (the brake lever pressed down) to prevent  
the plotter from moving.  
2
If the old roll is not used up, then to remove the media from the media path:  
a Raise the media lever to release the media.  
b Open the roll cover and turn the media stop to wind the media out of the  
plotter and onto the roll.  
Raise the lever  
Wind the roll  
c Lower the media lever.  
1840a  
3-10  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
3
Remove the old roll of media by pulling firmly on each end of the spindle.  
B
A
1837a  
4
a Rest the old roll upright on the floor so that the media stop (A) is on top.  
b Pull out the media stop and the spindle and set it aside.  
A
0021  
3-11  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
5
From the other end of the old media roll, pull out the endcap (B).  
B
0022  
6 If you are not immediately loading another roll of media into the plotter, replace  
the endcap on the spindle and place the spindle back in the plotter. You can skip  
the rest of these steps.  
7
a Remove the new roll from its wrapping.  
b Turn the spindle upside down, that is, with the media stop at the bottom (and  
the end cap still removed)  
c Place the new roll on the spindle, so that the leading edge winds clockwise.  
Endcap removed  
If the media stop falls off, push it back  
in until it snaps into position.  
A
0015  
3-12  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
8
Push the endcap back in, making sure that the tabs are flush against the ends of  
the roll. Push it far enough to be firm, but do not use excessive force as this  
may result in broken tabs.  
B
0016  
9
Insert the spindle so that the media stop (A) is to the right and the endcap (B)  
to the left. Push in firmly on both ends. Make sure the media remains flush  
against the media stop.  
B
A
A
Media path  
0017  
The media should wind up from behind the roll.  
1837  
10 Check the leading edge as it unwinds from the spool. If it is uneven, trim it as  
explained in step 11. Otherwise go to step 12.  
3-13  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
The media cutting knife used in the next step is sharp. Make sure the plotter’s  
wheels are locked. Keep fingers clear of the cutting path. Keep media cutting  
knife away from children.  
W A R N I N G  
11  
To trim the leading edge of the media roll:  
a Pull the media over the top of the plotter and lay it over the cutting track.  
b Use the media cutting knife in the pocket located at the back of the  
plotter to cut off the first few inches of the media.  
c Retract the blade and return the media cutting knife to its pocket.  
1838  
3-14  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
12  
a Pull the media up and, holding it from the sides, align its right edge with  
the perforated line on the entry platen.  
b Insert the leading edge into the plotter, until the page buckles slightly.  
c Release the media when the plotter begins to pull it in.  
1839  
13  
Press the key next to the front-panel display to indicate you are loading roll  
media.  
Sheet load  
Roll load  
––––––––>  
––––––––>  
0014  
3-15  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
14  
Use the and keys until the display shows the type of media you are  
1
loading , and then press the Enter key.  
SELECT MEDIA  
Coated paper  
Enter  
If you are using software that offers a “special print mode” for this plotter, then  
simply press Enter on the first media type displayed (whatever it is), as in this  
case it is the software that controls the print mode, not the plotter. For more  
details on special print modes, see page 3-6.  
0014  
15  
a When the front panel instructs you, lift the media lever.  
b Take hold of the edge(s) of the media, now extending from the exit slot,  
and pull the media toward you until taut. Then align the left and right  
edge(s) of the media, so that they are flush with the edge(s) of the roll.  
A
B
c When the front panel instructs you, lower the media lever.  
0018  
1
For advice on media types, see page 3-2.  
3-16  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
16  
a When the plotter instructs you to close the roll cover, rewind the media stop  
in the direction shown by the large arrow below, to take up any slack in the  
roll. Make sure the leading edge of the media is outside the roll cover, and  
then close the cover.  
b Press to continue. The plotter trims off the first few inches of media.  
1840  
3-17  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
To Load a Sheet  
Which way round?  
You can load a sheet in either portrait or landscape orientation. Unless using  
the Rotate option (see page 4-7), load the sheet in the same orientation as you  
have specified in your software.  
or  
Which way up?  
As you load the sheet, it is the under side on which the plotter will print. With  
most media types, the two sides are different and so it is important to load the sheet  
correctly. Refer to the table below.  
Media Type  
Media-Loading Tips  
Opaque bond  
Both sides are the same. If the sheet is curled,  
load with the curve (hollow) side towards you.  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Coated paper  
Load with the coated side down.  
Heavy coated paper  
On HP Coated Paper and Heavyweight Coated  
Paper, look for the small notch in the corner:  
When loading in a portrait orientation, make  
sure the notch is on the right side of the leading  
edge.  
When loading in a landscape orientation, make  
sure the notch is on the left side of the leading  
edge.  
Matte film  
Clear film  
Load with the matte side down.  
Load with the rougher side down.  
Load with the glossy side down.  
High-gloss photo paper  
Semi-gloss photo paper  
High-gloss film  
750C Plus  
3-18  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
1 If you need to, unload any roll media, see page 3-10.  
2 Make sure the media lever is down and the roll cover is closed.  
3
a Holding the media from the sides, align the right edge with the  
perforated line on the entry platen.  
b Insert the media until it buckles slightly. That is, push all the way to  
the media stops. Let go of the media when the plotter begins to pull it  
in.  
1841  
4
Press next to the front-panel display to indicate you are loading a sheet.  
Sheet load  
Roll load  
––––––––>  
––––––––>  
0014  
3-19  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
Scroll until the display shows the type of media you are loading*, and then  
5
press the Enter key.  
SELECT MEDIA  
Opaque bond  
Enter  
*For advice on media types, see page 3-2.  
0014  
6 The plotter moves the sheet in and out to check its size and alignment, then  
advances it to the start of the page. When sheet loading is complete, the “STATUS /  
Ready” message is displayed.  
3-20  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Loading Media  
Compensating for Badly Cut Media  
You can only use this feature when sheet media is selected on the front panel.  
If the media is persistently difficult to load, it could be an indication that it has  
been badly cut. That is, it has been cut unevenly with the media width on the  
leading edge different to the width of the trailing edge. A front-panel option called  
Skew tolerance helps you compensate for the shape of some poorly cut media.  
When you properly load the leading edge of badly cut media along the perforated  
line on the platen, you may notice the trailing edge is displaced from the line by a  
small distance and the plotter will not accept the media. The plotter can accept  
poorly cut media that is displaced 1.0 cm or less from the perforated line.  
Media that is cut properly should not need the help of the skew tolerance feature.  
In fact, using this feature for properly cut media increases the risk of skewing your  
plot on the page.  
To Adjust Skew Tolerance  
Skew Tolerance  
In Front Panel  
Maximum Acceptable Skew of Loaded Sheet  
Device setup  
Skew tolerance  
Off  
On  
0.4 cm  
1.0 cm  
Full menu mode  
Default: Off  
Resets after power off  
3-21  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Unloading Media  
Unloading Media  
Drying Time  
On some media types the ink needs to dry before the plot is unloaded. For roll  
media the plotter automatically allows the appropriate drying time before cutting  
the plot and dropping it into the media bin. For sheet media you should wait for  
the times shown in the table below before unloading the plot.  
Typical Drying Times (minutes)  
Print Quality  
Media Type on the  
Front Panel Display  
Fast  
Normal  
or Best  
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural Tracing paper  
Vellum  
0.5  
0.5  
0.5  
1.0  
0
1.0  
1.0  
1.0  
2.0  
0.25  
0.25  
2.0  
2.0  
4.0  
4.0  
4.0  
Coated paper  
Coated heavy paper  
Matte film  
0
Not  
recommended  
Clear film  
High-gloss photo  
Semi-gloss photo  
High-gloss film  
Not  
750C Plus  
recommended  
In the table above you will see that some media types can be unloaded  
immediately.  
3-22  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Unloading Media  
To Adjust Drying Time  
You can make a global adjustment to the plotter’s automatic drying times through  
the front-panel menus.  
Drying Time Selected  
in Front Panel  
Result  
Device setup  
Drying time  
None*  
Less  
The plotter cuts plot without delay.  
Adjusted for the driest expected environmental  
conditions.  
All menu modes  
Default: Normal  
Normal  
More  
As described in the table on page 3-22  
Adjusted for the most humid expected environmental  
conditions.  
* Not recommended if you are using roll media and leaving the plotter unattended, as the ink  
may smear when the plots are dropped into the media bin.  
If you are operating your plotter in an extremely dry environment, select Less in  
the front panel menu. In an extremely humid environment, select More. For  
environmental specifications, see page 11-4.  
IMPORTANT  
Adjusting drying times purely to speed up the plotter is not recommended as the  
quality of your plot can be impaired.  
3-23  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Unloading Media  
To Unload a Sheet After Plotting  
1 Wait until the appropriate drying time has passed (see table on previous page – no  
drying time is necessary for some media types).  
2
Gently pull the sheet out from the plotter.  
1842  
3-24  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Unloading Media  
To Remove an Unused Sheet  
Either ...  
1 Press Form Feed and Cut.  
2 When the plotter has finished feeding it out, pull out the sheet.  
Form Feed  
and Cut  
1842a  
or ...  
1 Lift the media lever.  
2 Pull out the sheet.  
3 Lower the media lever.  
1842b  
3-25  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Replacing Cartridge(s)  
Replacing Cartridge(s)  
When to Replace Cartridge(s)  
Note that your HP DesignJet 700 contains only one black cartridge.  
700  
Note that your HP DesignJet 750C Plus has three color and one black cartridge(s).  
Replace the cartridge(s) in the following three circumstances.  
750C Plus  
1 When the plotter prompts you to replace one or more cartridge(s)  
(by displaying Service cartridge(s) on the front panel).  
The plotter automatically checks before and after every plot that the cartridge(s)  
are seated correctly and that the nozzles are working, this is called automatic  
checking. You can switch off the automatic checking using the front panel  
menus.  
Device setup  
Cartridge check  
Full menu mode  
Default: On  
Note that automatic checking does not check the ink levels.  
2 When either poor print quality or the ink-level indicator on the cartridge indicates  
that the cartridge is out of ink.  
To check a cartridge’s ink level:  
Green = full  
A considerable portion of ink has been used.  
Cartridge is close to empty.*  
Black = empty  
* It is recommended to have a replacement cartridge ready by this time.  
Note: The ink-level indicator is not an exact gauge of the specific quantity  
of ink available over the life of the cartridge.  
0002  
3 When you are troubleshooting print quality problems. See chapter 9, page 9-16.  
3-26  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Replacing Cartridge(s)  
Before Replacing Cartridge(s)  
Four important points:  
1 Your plotter is designed to operate only with the black cartridge whose specific part  
700  
number is listed on page 11-15.  
Your plotter is designed to operate only with the four cartridge types whose  
specific part numbers are listed on page 11-15. Except on glossy media types, the  
plotter will operate successfully in monochrome with just the black cartridge  
loaded, although the Best print quality may not be as good as if all cartridges were  
loaded. Otherwise, all four must be loaded.  
750C Plus  
2 Every time you replace, or even adjust, a cartridge, the plotter afterwards runs an  
automatic alignment procedure, for which it needs an opaque media type, for  
example opaque bond (regular plotter paper) or coated paper. So make sure that  
either a roll or a sheet of the appropriate media is loaded before you replace a  
cartridge. If the automatic cartridge alignment procedure is not run on a suitable  
media type, print quality will be affected.  
3 Once the cartridge(s) have been installed they should not be removed, except to  
replace them. This will ensure the best lifetime for your cartridge(s).  
4 Make sure you are aware of the general warning and cautions below.  
Don’t touch the stainless steel strip that runs the length of the plotter behind  
the cartridge carriage; its edge is very sharp. Keep hair, jewelry, clothing,  
and foreign objects away from the plotter mechanisms. Keep new and used  
print cartridge(s) out of the reach of children.  
W A R N I N G  
Only touch the plastic parts of the cartridge. Do not touch, wipe, or attempt to  
clean the cartridge nozzles or contacts as they can become clogged or  
scratched and are easily damaged.  
C A U T I O N  
C A U T I O N  
Each time you access the cartridge(s) to load or reseat them, the nozzles are  
exposed to air. If the nozzles are exposed to air (except during plotting) for  
more than a few minutes at a time, they are susceptible to clogging and  
drying.  
C A U T I O N  
With the HP DesignJet 750C Plus plotter, it is absolutely essential to load the  
cartridge(s) in the correct stalls, or your colors will be wrong and print quality  
may be impacted.  
750C Plus  
3-27  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Replacing Cartridge(s)  
To Replace a Cartridge  
If you are responding to a Service cartridge(s) request, go straight to step 4.  
1 Start with the plotter switched ON.  
2 Make sure the front-panel display reads STATUS / Ready (not STATUS / Ready for  
media).  
a Press the Access Cartridge(s) key and wait for the cartridge carriage to  
3
come to a complete stop next to the front panel.  
700  
750C Plus  
Continued...  
1849a  
3-28  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Replacing Cartridge(s)  
4
a When the carriage stops, open the window.  
b Press down lightly on the cartridge you are replacing and pull it toward  
you. Remove the cartridge from its stall and discard it.  
Black  
700  
Yellow  
Cyan  
Magenta  
Black  
750C Plus  
Notice that each stall in the carriage has a dot indicating the color: when  
loading the new cartridge you must put the correct cartridge in the correct  
stall.  
For users with color-vision deficiencies: You can identify the colors of the  
cartridges by the part numbers on the boxes – see page 11-15. The sequence  
of the stalls is, from left to right, yellow, cyan, magenta and black.  
Continued...  
0019  
3-29  
Working With Media and Cartridge(s)  
Replacing Cartridge(s)  
1754  
5
For each cartridge in the set that needs to be replaced:  
a Take the new cartridge out of its box.  
b Remove the colored protective tape and tab from the cartridge’s nozzles.  
For the HP DesignJet 750C Plus, match the color of the  
cartridge’s label with the color of the dot above the stall.  
750C Plus  
c Insert the cartridge in the correct stall. Press down lightly and push the  
cartridge away from you until it snaps into place.  
700  
Yellow  
Cyan  
Magenta  
Black  
750C Plus  
If the front-panel display says Reseat cartridge(s), then remove the cartridge  
indicated in the display and insert it again. Do so until the message disappears.  
0019  
6 When you have finished installing the cartridge(s), the plotter runs the automatic  
alignment procedure. When the front panel displays STATUS / Ready, the  
procedure is complete. You can throw away the small print produced during the  
alignment procedure.  
3-30  
4
Page Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2  
Adjusting the Margins (Roll Media Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6  
Rotating a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7  
Plotting a Mirror Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10  
Controlling the Page Format  
Page Size, Margins and Other Controls  
4-1  
Controlling the Page Format  
Page Size  
Page Size  
This chapter explains how to make sure that the plotter prints your plot in the page  
size you want.  
Terminology  
Media  
Page size  
Margin  
Plotting area  
Inked area  
0023  
Page size  
This can be specified from the front panel or in the software, where it may be  
called ‘‘Page Size”, ‘‘Media Size”, ‘‘Paper Size” etc., and where the options  
include, for example, ISO A3, ANSI Letter, Architectural E and Custom. If the  
drivers setting is ‘‘default”, the front panel setting is used. Any other software  
setting overrides the front panel setting, unless the latter is Inked area and you are  
sending a PostScript file: in this case the front panel setting takes precedence.  
When using the AutoCAD driver the “User Size” is the plotting area.  
Margins  
These are specific to the plotter and are normally 17 mm on the leading and trailing  
edges and 5 mm on the sides. The 17 mm can be adjusted for roll media, as  
explained on page 11-3.  
Plotting area  
This is the page size minus the margins. For a table showing the plotting areas for  
standard media sizes, see page 11-6.  
This is the smallest rectangle that contains the entire drawing, while maintaining its  
relative dimensions.  
4-2  
Controlling the Page Format  
Page Size  
To save wasting media you can plot a page size equal to the inked area plus the  
margins. This setting may be available in your driver, it can also be selected by  
changing the front panel menu to “Inked area”.  
Do You Need to Adjust the Page Size in the Front Panel?  
Depending on the driver you are using, you may not need to change the page size  
in the front panel. The default setting of the plotter looks to your software for the  
page size settings: if it is there, the plotter uses it.  
However, some of the circumstances in which you may want to change the default  
setting are:  
If you want to print the inked area only, but the driver you are using does not  
specify “Inked area”.  
In this case, set Page format / Size to Inked area.  
Note: If you can select Inked area from your driver, any selection you have made  
in the front panel menu will be overridden by the settings in the driver.  
When the plots you are creating need to be of a specific standard (for example,  
ISO or ANSI), but the actual size within that standard is not important. For  
example, your page size may need to conform to a standard ISO page size, but it  
does not matter whether the final page size is ISO A4 or ISO A3.  
In this case, set Page format / Size to ISO > Best... or ANSI > Best ... etc. The  
plotter uses the smallest standard size into which the inked area will fit.  
4-3  
Controlling the Page Format  
Page Size  
To Adjust the Page Size from the Front Panel  
Size  
In Front Panel  
Comments  
Page format  
Size  
Software  
The plotter looks to the plot you have sent for  
a page size instruction. If it is present the  
plotter uses this. If not, the plotted page size  
is the inked area plus margins.  
All menu modes  
Default: Software  
Inked area  
The plotted page size is the inked area plus  
margins. For a definition of “inked area”, see  
page 4-2.  
ISO  
Best ISO A  
“Best ...” options  
The plotter chooses the smallest page size  
(from the A-series: A4, A3 etc.) that will hold  
the inked area of the plot. For example, if the  
inked area of the plot is between A3 and A4,  
the plotter chooses A3 as the page size.  
ISO A0/1/2/3/4  
Best ANSI  
ANSI  
JIS  
ANSI E/D/C/B/A  
Best JIS B  
Discrete options  
ISO  
ANSI  
JIS  
A0/1/2/3/4  
E/D/C/B/A  
B1/2/3/4  
JIS B1/2/3/4  
ARCH E1/E/D/C/B/A  
Over A1/2  
ARCH  
Best ARCH  
ARCH E1/E/D/C/B/A  
The plotted page size is exactly the size you  
specify. The largest discrete page size you  
can specify depends whether your plotter is  
an E-size or D-size model.  
Oversize (No “Best” option)  
Over A1/2  
If you need to adjust the page size from the front panel, do so before sending the  
plot file from your computer, as the plotter determines the size of a plot at the time  
it is received from your application.  
4-4  
Controlling the Page Format  
Page Size  
Page Size and Clipped Plots  
If you specify in your software a page size that is larger than the media size loaded  
in the plotter, the plotter will still print what it can, but may clip your plot.  
A2 media in the plotter  
Clippedarea  
A1 page size in software or front panel  
Page Size and Nesting (Roll Media Only)  
Nesting means placing two or more plots side-by-side on a roll to save media.  
There are certain cases when your plots will not be nested, for a complete  
explanation of nesting see page 6-10.  
If you have queueing and nesting switched on, the plotter will use the page size to  
determine which plots are nested and whether the plots can be automatically  
rotated when nesting.  
4-5  
Controlling the Page Format  
Adjusting the Margins (Roll Media Only)  
Adjusting the Margins (Roll Media Only)  
Besides nesting and setting the page size, you can also change the margin settings  
and expand the plotting area of the page, therefore reducing the amount of media  
waste. The two side margins are 5.0 mm. The automatic setting of the plotter’s  
margins is 17 mm on the leading and trailing edges of the media. By reducing the  
margins to 10 mm on the leading and trailing edges of the media, you can use  
14 mm more plotting area along that axis. The adjustment is available in the front  
panel.  
Page format  
Margins  
Normal Margins  
Smaller Margins  
Trailing edge  
Full menu mode  
Default: Normal  
Affects next plot  
10 mm  
17.0 mm  
5.0 mm  
5.0 mm  
5.0 mm  
17.0 mm  
10 mm  
Leading edge  
5 mm = 0.2 in  
10 mm = 0.4 in  
17 mm = 0.67 in  
0024  
Margins and Automatic Cutting  
IMPORTANT  
When Margins is set to Smaller, the plotter waits for the plot to dry and the next  
plot to begin plotting before cutting the plot from the roll. If you press Form Feed  
and Cut, the plotter immediately cuts off the current plot. When the next plot  
begins, the plotter cuts again to give this plot the narrow margin.  
4-6  
Controlling the Page Format  
Rotating a Plot  
Rotating a Plot  
Rotating a Drawing from the Front Panel  
Your Drawing can only be rotated from the Page format / Rotate option in the front  
panel if:  
Queueing and Nesting are off (see page 6-10), and  
the file contains no raster data.  
If you are using the Microsoft Windows driver supplied with this plotter, your files  
do contain raster data and therefore you cannot use this Rotate option. The normal  
line drawings of most CAD software do not contain raster data, and can use this  
Rotate option.  
To Rotate a Plot from the Front Panel  
Except in the circumstances stated above, you can rotate a plot from the plotter’s  
front panel, without changing the drawing in your software. The options are 90,  
180 or 270 degrees relative to the drawing’s orientation in your software. The  
rotation is counterclockwise, as shown below.  
Page format  
Rotate  
0
90  
180  
270  
Full menu mode  
Default: 0  
Affects next plot sent  
Stays after power off  
4-7  
Controlling the page format  
Rotating a plot  
Exactly What Is Rotated?  
With roll media, both the drawing and the page orientation are rotated.  
0
90  
180  
270  
A
A
Notice that the narrow margins are always at the side, regardless of the  
orientation.  
0025  
With sheet media, the drawing is rotated, but the page orientation specified  
in your software is retained. (You should always load sheet media in the  
same orientation as you have specified in the software.)  
0
90  
180  
270  
A
A
0026  
The Rotate Feature and Clipped Plots  
With either roll or sheet media, if you rotate to landscape a plot whose original  
orientation was portrait, it is possible that the media is not wide enough for the  
drawing, and so it may be clipped. For example, rotating by 90 a portrait  
D/A1–size plot on D/A1-size media will probably result in a clipped plot.  
4-8  
Controlling the Page Format  
Rotating a Plot  
How Does Rotate Interact with Your Software?  
The plotter adds the rotation setting to any rotation angle you specify in your  
software. For example:  
For software applications which, like the plotter, rotate counter-clockwise (for  
example, CorelDRAW!) the result is the sum. For example, if your software has  
specified a rotation of 180 degrees, and you set Rotate in the front panel to 90,  
your plot’s final rotation will be 270 degrees.  
For software applications which rotate clockwise (for example, AutoCAD) the  
result is the difference. For example, if your software has specified a rotation of  
90 degrees, and you set Rotate in the front panel to 90, there will be no rotation.  
For further information on the Rotate feature see page 9-21 in the Troubleshooting  
chapter which details some of the most common problems.  
4-9  
Controlling the Page Format  
Plotting a Mirror Image  
Plotting a Mirror Image  
You can plot a mirror image of the plot from the plotter’s front panel, without  
changing the drawing in your software.  
Page format  
Mirroring  
Mirror off  
Mirror on  
Full menu mode  
Default: Off  
Affects current plot  
Resets after power off  
Do not change the setting during a plot, as the change becomes effective  
immediately; if you change the setting in the middle of the current plot, the  
remaining data is plotted in the mirrored orientation.  
4-10  
5
Ways to Control the Plot’s Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Plotter’s Internal  
Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3  
Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines  
(Merge Features) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7  
Changing the Overall Lightness/Darkness of a Plot . . . . . . . . . 5-8  
Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
5-1  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Ways To Control the Plot’s Appearance  
Ways to Control the Plots’ Appearance  
Note. The “pens” discussed throughout this chapter are the “conceptual” pens in a  
software palette, rather than the plotter’s physical print cartridges.  
This chapter discusses the ways you can control the overall appearance of your  
plots from the front panel in terms of:  
pen width  
pen shade  
700  
pen color  
750C Plus  
the treatment of overlapping lines  
overall lightness/darkness  
rendering color drawings in monochrome  
overall print quality and resolution.  
750C Plus  
Some of these front-panel items take effect only on the next file you send from  
your computer, that is, they do not affect any pages already in the plotter’s queue.  
If this is the case, it is stated in the relevant part of this chapter.  
Some of the controls are available using the front-panel menus (pen width,  
overlapping lines and lightness). Print quality is controlled from the front-panel  
keys. This chapter explains them in the sequence of the list at the top of this page.  
For the HP DesignJet 750C Plus the pen color can be controlled using the  
front-panel menus. Color/monochrome plot option is available using the  
front-panel keys.  
750C Plus  
Why Change the Appearance of the Plot Using the Front Panel  
Rather Than from Your Software?  
By default, the plotter looks to your software to provide information on all the  
above attributes. However, you may want to experiment with various effects, or  
try a temporary change, without the need to change your drawing or your driver  
settings.  
5-2  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Plotter’s Internal Palettes  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Plotter’s  
Internal Palettes  
The plotter has three pen palettes. The factory palette cannot be changed. You  
can, however, change the line width and color settings for each pen in the  
remaining two palettes (called palette A and palette B). Initially, all three palettes  
1
are identical. Each palette has 16 pens which can include pens of different widths  
and for the:  
HP DesignJet 700 any of the plotter’s 11 pen shades.  
HP DesignJet 750C Plus, any combination of the plotter’s internal 256 colors  
700  
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To See the Current Palette Settings  
1 Make sure either a roll or a sheet of media is loaded.  
2 Make sure that the front panel Color/Mono switch is set to Color.  
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3
Print the Current Configuration Plot, by pressing the and keys  
simultaneously..  
STATUS  
Press these two  
simultaneously  
Ready  
0014  
Notice on the Current Configuration Plot that the 16 pens are numbered 0  
through 15.  
The 256 colors are numbered 0 through 255. These colors are specified in the  
Palette Plot, as explained on page 5-4.  
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We are discussing “conceptual” pens here.  
5-3  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Plotter’s Internal Palettes  
To See the Colors Available for a Palette  
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1 Make sure that the front-panel Color/Mono switch is set to Color.  
2 To print the Palette Demo, go to the Demos menu and choose Palette.  
Demos  
In the Palette Demo, you will see 256 squares, numbered 0 through 255,  
each showing one of the 256 colors available for selection in the plotter’s  
internal palettes. The example below is color 6 (magenta), which happens to  
be assigned to pen 6 in the factory’s default palette.  
Palette  
All menu modes  
6
Pen number in factory default palette, and initially  
therefore in all three palettes. 0 through 15.  
6
255,0,255  
Color number. 0 through 255.  
RGB composition, scaled to 255 = 100%. In this example, it is  
100% red + 0% green + 100% blue, which is magenta.  
Notice that RGB and CMYK, – plus white – are assigned by default to pens 0  
through 7, and that eight grayscales are included in the 256 colors.  
The 256 colors shown in the Palette Demo are not the only colors you can print  
with your plotter! Using your software, you can create many more colors and, as  
long as you are using the correct driver, the plotter will reproduce these colors by  
an appropriate mix of inks from its CMYK cartridges. The Palette Demo merely  
shows the 256 colors available for use in the plotter’s internal palettes, should you  
choose to use them.  
5-4  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Plotter’s Internal Palettes  
To Change the Palette Settings  
There are three palettes: Factory, Palette A and Palette B. You cannot change the  
Factory palette, but you can define Palettes A and B to be whatever you choose.  
Pen settings  
Define palette  
Item  
Available Options  
Factory, A, B.  
Palettes  
Pens  
Full menu mode  
Defaults:  
Palette: Factory  
Width: 0.35 mm  
Color: (see  
Palette Plot)  
0 through 15.  
Widths (mm)  
0.13, 0.18, 0.25, 0.35, 0.50, 0.65, 0.70, 0.80, 0.90, 1.00,  
1.40, 2.00, 3.00, 5.00, 8.00, 12.00.  
Note that 0.13 mm is a one-pixel line width and renders  
some colors as a dot pattern.  
Shades  
Colors  
0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%  
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0 through 255.  
As specified on the Palette Plot.  
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The steps below explain how to define Palette A.  
1 In the front-panel display, go to the Define Palette routine and choose Palette A.  
2 Scroll to the pen number you want to change and press Enter.  
3 The current width assigned to this pen is displayed, for example Width=0.35mm. If  
you want to change it, press Enter, scroll to the width you want and then press  
Enter again.  
If you wish to change the color for the pen scroll to Color.  
4 The current color assigned to the pen is displayed, for example Color=110. If you  
want to change it, press Enter, scroll to the color you want and then press Enter  
again.  
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5 When both width and color are correct, press Previous.  
6 Scroll to the next pen number you want to change, press Enter and do steps 3  
through 5 again.  
7 When all pen definitions are correct, press Previous until you have exited the  
menus.  
IMPORTANT. The palette you have just defined will take effect only when you  
select it to be the current palette, as explained next.  
5-5  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Plotter’s Internal Palettes  
To Change the Selection of the Current Palette  
Palette  
Comments  
Pen settings  
Palette  
Software  
The plotter looks to your software for pen settings and  
ignores all three internal palettes.  
Palette A  
Palette B  
Factory  
The plotter assigns the attributes defined in Palette A to the  
pens defined in your software as 0 through 15.  
All menu modes  
Default: Software  
The plotter assigns the attributes defined in Palette B to the  
pens defined in your software as 0 through 15.  
The plotter assigns the attributes defined in the Factory  
Palette to the pens defined in your software as 0 through 15.  
5-6  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge Feature)  
Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines  
(Merge Feature)  
There are two alternative settings for controlling overlapping lines. The feature is  
called Merge.  
You can set this feature from your software in some applications, for example in  
AutoCAD.  
Pen settings  
Merge  
Merge off.  
Merge on.  
Overlapping lines and area  
fills are merged.  
Full menu mode  
Default: Off  
A subsequent line hides a  
previous line where they  
overlap.  
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Merge off.  
Merge on.  
Overlapping lines and area  
fills are merged.  
A subsequent line hides a  
previous line where they  
overlap.  
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5-7  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Changing the Overall Lightness/Darkness of a Plot  
Changing the Overall Lightness/Darkness of a Plot  
You can change the overall lightness/darkness of a plot by adjusting the amount of  
ink used in your plots.  
The feature is called Lightness and affects both grayscales and colors.  
Device setup  
Lightness  
Dark  
Normal  
Light  
Full menu mode  
Default: Normal  
The effect is exaggerated in these drawings.  
As this is a simple way to change the appearance of your plot, you can achieve  
better results if you use your software for different effects. However, some  
examples of situations where you may find the feature useful are:  
Where a tracing paper produces better print quality when the plotter uses a  
smaller volume of ink.  
Where a small variation in the amount of ink used produces a significant change  
in the apparent darkness or color saturation of an image.  
Where you want to reduce the drying time required: for example, for glossy  
media in extremely humid conditions. (If you need to make a global change to  
drying times for extreme environmental conditions, refer to page 3-23.)  
5-8  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome  
Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome  
A
A
Examples of why you may want to print a color drawing in monochrome are:  
Because you want a draft where color is not important, for example to check  
that the plot is not going to be clipped.  
Because you want a version for photocopying in black and white.  
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Three important points:  
The monochrome plot will render colors as grayscales rather than all as black.  
If you want all colors to be printed as black, then you should set all your colors  
to black in your software. This is most easily achieved in CAD software by  
using a pen number that is 100% black. Alternatively, you could make one of  
the plotter’s internal palettes (A or B) all black, and then select this as the  
current palette (see earlier in this chapter for an explanation of palettes).  
With monochrome plotting, you have the option to choose between true 300 and  
true 600 dpi resolution (see page 5-11). This option does not apply to glossy  
media types, on which the resolution is always true 300 dpi.  
You cannot change the color/monochrome setting for plots already in the  
plotter’s queue.  
5-9  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome  
To Switch between Color and Monochrome  
Affects next plot sent  
1
Use the front-panel key shown below to toggle between color and  
monochrome.  
Color  
Mono  
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If you are using one of the software drivers supplied with the plotter, you  
can also make this setting (or an equivalent) within the driver. In this case,  
the driver setting will override the front-panel setting. The front-panel  
setting will, however, remain available as the default value, and the  
front-panel light displayed will not change.  
If you use the supplied AutoCAD driver, you can force a color plot to  
monochrome by additionally setting the current palette to something other  
than Software (see page 5-6).  
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2 Send the plot from your computer.  
The setting also impacts the plotter’s internal sample plots.  
5-10  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality  
Affects next plot sent  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality  
You can set the overall print quality from the front panel. The main effects of your  
print quality setting are shown in the table below.  
Print Quality  
Fast  
Normal  
Best  
Setting  
Speed  
Ink Used  
General tips  
By choosing Fast, you will get draft-quality output in the shortest time. By  
choosing Normal, and a suitable media type, you will get high-quality output in a  
reasonable time. By choosing Best, you will get the highest possible quality for  
the media type, but the printing time will be longer.  
However, your plotter’s output speed, quality and particularly its resolution, also  
varies according to:  
Whether Sharp lines is set to Auto, On or Off (see page 5-14) on the front panel  
or in your software.  
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The specification option when you loaded the media (see page 3-3).  
5-11  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality  
The resolution at which your plot will be printed is summarized in the table below.  
Resolution in dpi  
Print Quality  
DesignJet 750C Plus  
DesignJet 700  
Monochrome  
300 x 300  
Setting  
Monochrome  
Color  
Fast  
Normal  
Best  
300 x 300  
600 x 600  
600 x 600  
300 x 300  
300 x 300  
600 x 600  
1
1
1
600 x 600  
2
1
600 x 600  
1
Or 300 x 300, depending on your driver resolution setting or the software  
application you have used.  
2
Addressable dpi with Sharp lines set to Auto or On, using opaque bond, coated  
paper and matte film only. This resolution depends on the type of image created  
in your software application.  
Recommended combinations of print quality and media type are given in the table  
on page 3-6.  
To get the very best print quality for images and drawings from graphics packages  
(other than CAD drawings or other line drawings):  
When loading the paper, specify “Heavy coated paper” on the front panel, rather  
than “Coated paper”.  
Set Print Quality to “Best”.  
5-12  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality  
To Change the Print Quality  
Affects next plot sent.  
Software setting  
takes priority.  
1
Use the front-panel Print Quality key to toggle between the three print quality  
settings.  
Best  
Normal  
Fast  
Print Quality  
STATUS  
Ready to plot  
If you are using one of the software drivers supplied with the plotter, you can  
also make this setting (or an equivalent) within the driver. In this case, the  
driver setting will override the front-panel setting. The front-panel setting will,  
however, remain available as the default value, and the front-panel light  
displayed will not change.  
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2 Send the plot from your computer.  
The setting also impacts the plotter’s internal sample plots.  
You cannot change the print quality setting for plots already in the plotter’s queue.  
5-13  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality  
Improving Line Quality and Graphics Detail  
Device setup  
Sharp lines  
The Sharp lines option refines the print quality of line drawings by smoothing the  
fine gradations along the angles and curves of the printed image. This  
enhancement produces:  
Full menu mode  
Default: Auto  
Crisper lines.  
Finer detail.  
Line drawings with a ‘sharp’ appearance.  
Only plots that have color content are affected by the Sharp lines option to produce  
addressable 600 dpi resolution. Monochrome images are not affected by the Sharp  
lines option as these are produced in true 300 or 600 dpi resolution, depending on  
the print quality that you have selected.  
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The Sharp lines option has has three settings, Auto, Off and On, and can be set  
either through the front-panel menu or HP supported Windows drivers. The  
factory default setting is Auto.  
With Sharp lines set to Auto you will always get best quality color plots, except  
when you send the following files:  
Mixed lines and scanned color images.  
Mixed lines and color photographs.  
CorelDRAW! (with color images).  
For these files it is recommended that the Sharp lines default setting is changed,  
depending on your preference for image or line quality:  
Select On if you have a file which contains line and color images and you want  
the lines to be plotted in Best quality, even if there is possible degradation to the  
quality of the color image.  
Select Off if you have a file which contains line and color images and you want  
to optimize the quality of the color images.  
Select Off if the plot is a complex vector file, such as a CorelDRAW! The plot  
quality will be optimized for these circumstances.  
Select Off if the output speed of the plotter is more important than Best quality.  
5-14  
Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance  
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality  
For further information on Sharp lines see Troubleshooting, page 9-15.  
750C Plus  
With the Sharp lines set to Auto or On in the front-panel menu, the plotter  
may not always produce an addressable 600 dpi plot. This may be because:  
You have not selected Best on the front-panel Print Quality key, refer to  
page 5-13.  
You are using media other than Coated paper, Opaque bond or Matte  
film.  
Your application-software driver is overriding the front–panel selection.  
You are plotting a color raster image or a line drawing combined with a  
color raster image.  
5-15  
5-16  
6
Managing Plots Being Printed or Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4  
To Replot an Image Using the Plotter’s Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only) . 6-10  
Managing Your Plots  
6-1  
Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Currently Being Printed or Drying  
Managing Plots Currently Being Printed or Drying  
To Cancel a Plot  
X
Press Cancel on the front panel.  
Cancel  
The plotter advances the media as though the plot were finished.  
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If queueing is on and there are no more plots in the queue, the cancelled plot is  
placed in the queue and you can replot it as explained on page 6-8. If, in addition  
to cancelling the plot, you want to delete it from the queue, see page 6-7.  
To Cut a Plot Before Drying Is Complete (Roll Media Only)  
Press Form Feed and Cut on the front panel.  
Form Feed  
and Cut  
The plotter ignores the drying time and immediately drops the page into the  
media bin.  
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6-2  
Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Currently Being Printed or Drying  
To Pause while Printing a Series of Plots  
You can pause between two plots already sent from your computer, for example to  
change the media type or replace the cartridges.  
1
Press Pause on the front panel.  
Pause  
The plotter finishes the current plot and pauses (indicated by the Pause light  
being on) until your press Pause again.  
While the plotter is paused, you can use the front-panel as normal, for example  
to change a front-panel menu setting or to load and specify a new media type.  
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2 To resume printing, press Pause again.  
6-3  
Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)  
The normal sequence of events is:  
1 You send a plot from your computer (or choose one of the internal sample plots  
from the Demos menu).  
2 The plotter’s Receiving light flashes while it receives and processes the data.  
3 The plotter starts printing or, if queueing is on, places it in the queue until its turn  
comes round.  
To Start Printing a Plot That is Waiting for a Timeout  
If all is in order (media loaded, cartridges loaded, no file error), there are still two  
reasons why a plot you have sent from your computer may not start printing when  
expected:  
The plot file may lack a proper file terminator and the plotter is therefore  
waiting for the specified I/O timeout period before assuming it is complete. See  
page 7-9.  
Nesting may be on and the plotter is waiting for the specified Nest wait timeout  
period before calculating the appropriate nests. See page 6-12.  
In either case, if you want to override the timeout period and start printing  
Press Form Feed and Cut on the front panel.  
Form Feed  
and Cut  
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6-4  
Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)  
What is the Queue?  
Your plotter can store plots in a queue at the same time as plotting the current file.  
It stores them by page, though if you send only single-page files, you can regard  
these as plots. The size of the queue is limited by the number of pages (maximum  
32) and the total memory occupied by the queue;  
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maximum standard memory 7 MB through 71 MB  
maximum standard memory 11 MB through 75 MB  
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depending on which memory expansion modules you have installed. Remember  
that file size and memory usage are not the same thing, as explained on page 7-10.  
However, it is clear that the larger your files are, the fewer you can store in the  
queue.  
With queueing turned ON  
Queueing & Nesting  
Queue  
You can send one or more plots to the plotter without waiting for the current  
page to finish.  
You can manipulate the pages in the queue, for example prioritizing them and  
replotting them.  
Full menu mode  
Default: On  
You can use nesting, the plotter’s media-saving feature (see page 6-10).  
With queueing turned OFF  
The plotter will not accept a file sent from the computer until the current page  
has finished plotting and the plotter is ready.  
You cannot use nesting (see page 6-10).  
If you turn queueing off while pages are still in the queue, they will be plotted and  
– if nesting is on – nested, until the queue is empty.  
6-5  
Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)  
To Identify a Page in the Queue  
Queueing & Nesting  
Queue mgmt  
In Queueing & Nesting, you can scroll through the pages in the queue.  
Each has an identifier, comprising:  
Page ID  
All menu modes  
<position in queue> : <plot name>  
Position in queue  
The page currently being plotted is in position 0. The next page to be plotted is in  
position 1, the one after in position 2, etc. The previous page plotted is  
position –1, the one before that in position –2, etc.  
3
pages yet to be plotted  
2
1
up to  
32 pages  
current page  
0
–1  
–2  
pages already plotted  
–3  
Plot name  
Some applications let you give your plot a descriptive name which it then conveys  
to the plotter – for example “Building 2 Exterior”. If your software supports this  
feature, this plot name is applied to each page and displayed after its queue  
position:  
1:Building 2 Exterior  
Position in queue  
If your software does not support this feature, your plotter will assign names to the  
pages in its queue. The plotter-assigned name indicates how many thousands of  
vectors make up the page:  
1:92K Vectors  
Position in queue  
Note that this is not an indication of the amount of memory the page requires. For  
that, see page 6-7.  
6-6  
Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)  
To See the Size of a Page in the Queue  
Statistic  
Width  
Comments  
Page ID  
The shorter side of the page, in millimeters.  
The longer side of the page, in millimeters.  
Statistics  
Length  
All menu modes  
To Prioritize a Page in the Queue  
To make any page in the queue the next one to be plotted, select it and choose  
Page ID  
Move to top.  
Move to top  
If nesting is turned on (see page 6-10), the prioritized page may still be nested with  
others. If you really want this page to be printed next and on its own on the roll,  
then first turn nesting off and then use Move to top to move it to the top of the  
queue.  
All menu modes  
To Delete a Page from the Queue  
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a page from the queue after  
plotting it, as it will just “fall off the end” of the queue as more files are sent.  
However, if you have sent a file in error and want to avoid any chance of it being  
replotted, you can simply delete it, by selecting it and choosing Delete page.  
Page ID  
Delete page  
All menu modes  
To remove a page that has not yet been plotted, simply identify it by it’s position in  
the queue (see page 6-6) and delete it, by choosing Delete page.  
If the page is currently being plotted (its queue position is 0), and you want both to  
cancel the page and to delete it, first press Cancel and then delete it from the  
queue.  
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Managing Your Plots  
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)  
To Make Copies of a Page in the Queue  
Has The Page Do You Want  
Already Been  
Printed?  
One Copy Or  
Several?  
What To Do  
Yes  
No  
One  
Use Move to top (see page 6-7).  
Several  
Use Copies (see below) and then use Move  
to top (see page 6-7).  
One  
Use Copies (see below).  
Several  
In all cases, the page must be still in the queue.  
Having selected the page and chosen Copies, use the scrolling keys to specify the  
number of copies required, and press Enter. The number you enter is the actual  
number of pages to be printed; for example, choosing 2 for a page not yet plotted  
means you will get the one original and one copy. The maximum is 99.  
Page ID  
Copies  
All menu modes  
Default: 1  
The setting you specify in this option overrides any value set by your software.  
Note that, if Rotate (see page 4-7) was on when you sent the plot, every copy will  
be rotated too.  
6-8  
Managing Your Plots  
Replot an Image Using the Plotters Memory  
Replot an Image Using the Plotter’s Memory  
A
A
If you have sent an image from your computer, the plotter will retain this image in  
its memory until another image is sent from your computer. The current image can  
be plotted again using Replot on the front panel.  
1
Press Replot on the front panel.  
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The Replot light flashes briefly while the plotter prints the current  
image again.  
Replot does not work if:  
another file has already been sent to the plotter (including internal  
sample plots, for example the Setup Sheet)  
you have switched the plotter off and on again since first sending  
the plot  
some files that contain Raster data may not replot because the entire  
file may not still be held in the plotters memory.  
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Managing Your Plots  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only)  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages  
(Roll Media Only)  
What is Nesting?  
Nesting means placing pages side-by-side on the media (rather than one after the  
other), to avoid wasting media.  
direction of  
roll  
paper flow  
media saved  
nesting off  
nesting on  
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The plotter may automatically rotate a page in nesting (see page 6-11). It may do  
this even with a single page.  
direction of  
paper flow  
nesting off  
media saved  
nesting on  
0029  
6-10  
Managing Your Plots  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only)  
When Does the Plotter Try to Nest Pages?  
When all the following are true:  
The plotter is loaded with roll media rather than sheet media.  
In the front-panel menus, Queue is ON (the default). See page 6-5.  
In the front-panel menus, Nest is ON (that is, set to either Optimal or In order).  
See page 6-12.  
Which Pages Qualify for Nesting?  
In order to be in the same nest, the individual pages must be compatible on both  
the following criteria:  
Color or monochrome  
Either all are color or all are monochrome. Remember that monochrome may  
include a color plot rendered in grayscales by use of the front-panel Color/Mono  
key – see page 5-9.  
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Print resolution  
Either all are 300 dpi or all are 600 dpi – see page 5-11.  
Which Pages May be Rotated?  
Apart from obvious physical limitations on the roll, any page containing raster data  
will not be rotated.  
If you are using the Microsoft Windows driver supplied with this plotter, your files  
do contain raster data and therefore the pages will not be rotated in nesting. The  
normal line drawings of most CAD software do not contain raster data, and  
therefore may be rotated in nesting.  
6-11  
Managing Your Plots  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only)  
To Turn Nesting On or Off and Choose the Nesting Method  
Nest Setting  
Selected  
Plotter’s Response  
Queueing & Nesting  
Nest  
Off  
The plotter will not nest pages.  
Optimal  
Choose this if you want to use the least amount of media.  
All menu modes  
Default: Off  
The plotter will search all through the queue for suitable pages.  
It will nest the pages according to an algorithm that, for most  
combinations of page sizes, saves the most media. The  
resulting nesting pattern may still vary, depending on the size of  
the first page.  
In order  
Choose this if the speed with which you receive your plots is  
most important.  
The plotter will try to nest pages in their queue sequence. If it  
comes across an incompatible page, it will stop searching and  
print any nest it has already created.  
What Happens to Nesting if you Turn Queueing Off?  
Turning queueing off does not turn nesting off for pages already in the queue. The  
plotter prints all the pages in the queue before accepting any more files. As soon as  
you turn queueing off, the nesting setting also changes to off. When queueing is  
turned on again, the plotter restores nesting to its previous setting.  
How Long Does the Plotter Wait for Another File?  
So that the plotter can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been  
received to check if a subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the  
queue. This waiting period is the nest wait time. The factory default nest wait time  
is two minutes. This means that the plotter waits for up to two minutes after the last  
file is received before plotting the final nest. You can change this waiting time  
using the front panel menu (as shown opposite). The available range is 1 minute  
through to 99 minutes.  
Queueing & Nesting  
Nest  
Optimal  
In order  
Nest wait  
All menu modes  
Default: 2 minutes  
6-12  
Managing Your Plots  
Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only)  
Getting the Best from Nesting (Nesting and Margins)  
In order to “squeeze in” one more page, the plotter may reduce the right margin of  
the right-most page by up to 3 mm (0.08 in). This is done only if:  
What the plotter  
may do  
your Page format / Size is set either to a Best option or to a discrete standard  
size, and if  
the roll of media loaded is slightly narrower than a standard size.  
You can reduce the side margins too, for every page, as explained on page 4-6. In  
order to give the plotter the best chance of nesting the most pages, we recommend  
that you set Page format / Margins to Smaller.  
What you can do  
Nesting and the Rotate Feature  
Since nesting may automatically rotate pages, the front panel’s Page format /  
Rotate setting is ignored as long as nesting is on.  
6-13  
6-14  
7
To See the Current Overall Configuration of the Plotter . . . . . . 7-2  
To See the Current Configuration of the Front-Panel Settings . 7-3  
To Change the Front-Panel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4  
Recalibrating the Plotter for Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5  
Changing the Graphics Language Setting for a Different  
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7  
Changing the Serial Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9  
Changing the I/O Timeout Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with More Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with the Postscript Option . . . . . . . . 7-11  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with a Network Interface . . . . . . . . . 7-12  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
Reconfiguration, Recalibration and Upgrades  
7-1  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
To See the Current Overall Configuration of the Plotter  
To See the Current Overall Configuration of the Plotter  
Item  
Comments  
Utilities  
Max X  
Max Y  
These two figures, in millimeters, give the size of the current  
plotting area, that is, the area in which the plotter will print the  
next plot unless it is changed. Normally each plot file received  
sets these dimensions with its Page Size command. You can  
impact it by:  
Statistics  
Full menu mode only  
the current front-panel setting for Page format / Size.  
the media size currently loaded.  
Remember:  
Plotting area = page size minus margins.  
X represents the vertical (paper path) axis.  
Y represents the horizontal (carriage path) axis.  
This is the revision number of the plotter’s internal code.  
Code rev  
RAM present  
This is the size, in megabytes, of the plotter’s main standard  
memory, plus the amount of memory reserved for printing.  
This does not correspond directly to the size of your files on  
the computer, as explained on page 7-10.  
This is the total RAM, not the RAM currently free.  
Media  
This is the media type which the plotter thinks is currently  
loaded (or was last loaded), on the basis of what you specified  
when you loaded it. For an explanation of media types, see  
page 3-3.  
In this display, the following abbreviations are used:  
Translucent = Translucent bond.  
High-gl photo = High-gloss photo paper.  
Semi-gl photo = Semi-gloss photo paper.  
750C Plus  
High-gl film  
Nat. tracing  
= High-gloss film.  
= Natural tracing paper.  
ROM SIMM  
This tells you if an optional ROM SIMM is installed in the  
plotter, for example PostScript.  
7-2  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
To See the Current Configuration of the Front-Panel Settings  
To See the Current Configuration of the Front-Panel  
Settings  
1 Make sure either a roll or a sheet of media is loaded.  
2
Print the Current Configuration Plot, by pressing the up-arrow and down-arrow  
keys simultaneously.  
STATUS  
Press these two  
simultaneously  
Ready  
0014  
The Current Configuration Plot lists, in an easy-to-read format, all the items  
available in the front-panel menus, together with their current settings (in red  
italics, for the HP DesignJet 750C Plus). Note that some of the items do not  
appear in the front-panel display unless you have set Utilities / Menu mode to Full  
(the default is Short, so that they do not appear). See the legend at the bottom of  
the plot for details.  
NOTE. Do not confuse the Current Configuration Plot with the Service  
Configuration Plot, which you can print by selecting Utilities / Service config.  
Apart from its use in calibrating the plotter, as explained on page 7-5, the Service  
Configuration Plot is likely to be needed only by a service engineer.  
7-3  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
To Change the Front-Panel Settings  
To Change the Front-Panel Settings  
Chapter 2 of this manual explains how to use the front-panel display, including  
how to change any of the settings. It also explains the small menu graphics that  
appear in the left margins of this manual whenever a particular menu item is  
explained.  
These graphics  
are explained in  
chapter 2.  
The meanings of all the items in the front-panel menus are explained at the  
relevant point in this manual. Refer to the index at the back of the manual for the  
item you want to change.  
7-4  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
Recalibrating the Plotter for Accuracy  
Recalibrating the Plotter for Accuracy  
When to Recalibrate the Plotter  
Your plotter was calibrated at the factory using HP Matte Film, with a thickness of  
0.12 mm (0.0048 in);  
at 23 C (73 F),  
with 50-60% relative humidity.  
It will operate with greatest accuracy in similar environmental conditions. If you  
are operating under significantly different conditions, you should recalibrate the  
plotter as explained here. The plotter’s environmental specifications are given on  
page 11-4. Also, if you are using a non-standard media type, you should first  
recalibrate the plotter for that media type. For supported media types, see  
page 3-3. You may also need to recalibrate the plotter if you have banding  
problems, see page 9-20.  
A Quick Guide to Whether Recalibration is Necessary  
1 Make sure E/A0-size or D/A1-size media is loaded.  
Utilities  
2 Print the Service Configuration plot, by choosing the option shown in the menu  
Service config  
graphic on the left.  
Full menu mode  
3
Near the top of this plot are a pair of Xs. With a ruler measure the distance  
between them. It should be 500 mm. If significantly different you will need to  
recalibrate the plotter as described on the following page  
X
500mm  
X
7-5  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
Recalibrating the Plotter for Accuracy  
To Recalibrate the Plotter  
1 Choose your media type (sheet or roll). If recalibrating for a non-standard media  
Utilities  
type, use that type. Otherwise, HP Matte Film will give greatest accuracy.  
Accuracy  
2 Choose your media size. Sheet media must be either E/A0 or D/A1.  
3 Go to Recalibrate in the front-panel menus, as shown above left.  
Recalibrate  
4 Choose Create pattern. The message Calibrating is displayed. If sheet media is  
Full menu mode  
only  
loaded, this will be ejected. If roll media is loaded, you are asked to remove it.  
5 When prompted, load your media, using the normal procedure. If using sheet  
media, load it in portrait orientation, unless you chose D/A1-size media for an  
E/A0-size plotter, in which case load it in landscape orientation.  
6 When the calibration plot is finished, remove it.  
7 Unload any unplotted media.  
8
Rotate the calibration plot 90 counterclockwise and reload it printed side  
down, so that the black arrows go into the plotter first. NOTE: Even if you  
selected roll media in step 5, this time you must select sheet media.  
1
2
3
0030  
9 Go to Recalibrate again and, this time, choose Measure pattern.  
10 When the plotter has finished measuring and has ejected the sheet, STATUS/Ready  
is displayed. The recalibration routine is finished.  
To Restore the Factory’s Calibration  
From the Accuracy menu, choose Restore factory. That’s all.  
Utilities  
Accuracy  
Restore factory  
Full menu mode only  
7-6  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
Changing the Graphics Language Setting for a Different Application  
Changing the Graphics Language Setting for a  
Different Application  
Your software application communicates with the plotter by a graphics language.  
The plotter supports HP industry standard CAD language  
HP-GL/2 (7856)  
HP-GL (7586B)  
HP RTL  
The plotter’s default setting is designed to work successfully with most  
applications, and is called 7586, HP-GL/2. However, it’s possible that with some  
older or less common applications, you may need to change this setting to  
HP-GL/2, as explained in the table below.  
To Change the Graphics Language Setting  
Graphics  
Language  
Comments  
Device setup  
Lang  
7586, HP-GL/2 This should work successfully for most software applications.  
With this graphics language setting another parameter is  
available: Terminator. Try changing this setting from Normal  
(the default) to Special:  
Full menu mode  
Default: 7586,  
HP-GL/2  
if you are using an obsolete HP 7586 (pen plotter) driver,  
and your plots are incomplete.  
HP-GL/2  
Try this setting:  
if you have experienced plot position problems.  
if you have experienced timing problems.  
However, if you choose this setting, you don’t have access to  
the Terminator option.  
7-7  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
Changing the Graphics Language Setting for a Different Application  
Graphics Language and Networks  
Note for system administrator. If you are using the plotter with a network  
spooler, consider modifying the spooler to automatically insert the PJL  
language-switching commands at the beginning and end of each file. This allows  
the plotter to switch automatically into the correct graphics language for your  
current plot and returns the plotter to the front panel graphics language setting for  
subsequent plots. For PJL reference information, see page 11-13.  
7-8  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
Changing the Interface Settings and I/O Timeout Setting  
Changing the Interface Settings  
Network  
With a network interface (such as HP JetDirect Print Server), refer to your network  
interface documentation for advice on any front-panel configuration.  
Parallel  
Serial  
With a parallel interface, no front-panel configuration is necessary.  
With a serial interface, you should have configured it when installing the plotter, as  
explained on page 1-29. However, you may need to reconfigure it:  
When you connect a new computer to the plotter.  
When you output to the plotter from a new application.  
If you experience problems with distorted or unintelligible plots.  
To Change the Serial Interface Settings  
I/O Setup  
This task is explained in detail on page 1-29, including a note of the defaults and  
likely requirements.  
RS-232-C  
Full menu mode  
To Change the I/O Timeout Setting  
Some software may not write a proper file terminator at the end of the file. In this  
case, the plotter will not know that the file is complete and will wait for more data  
until the end of the “I/O Timeout” period. By default, this period is 30 minutes,  
but you can change it in the menu (indicated on the left) to as little as 30 seconds.  
I/O Setup  
I/O Timeout  
Full menu mode  
7-9  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with More Memory  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with More Memory  
Your plotter comes with 7 MB of standard memory (4 MB of main memory and 3  
MB of printing memory). You can expand this up to a maximum of 71 MB of  
standard memory by adding one or two memory expansion modules.  
700  
Your plotter comes with 11 MB of standard memory (8 MB of main memory and 3  
MB of printing memory). You can expand this up to a maximum of 75 MB of  
standard memory by adding one or two memory expansion modules.  
750C Plus  
For HP part numbers, see page 11-14.  
For installation details, see the task starting on page 1-6.  
File Size and Memory Usage  
There is no direct relationship between file size on your computer and memory  
used in the plotter to print that file. In fact, because of file compression (and  
general complexity) it is often impossible to estimate how much memory will be  
used. In general, thicker lines ( 0.5 mm), complex objects (such as polylines)  
and fills will all use significantly more memory.  
This also means that size of the largest file you can store in the plotter’s queue is  
not the same thing as the amount of memory installed in your plotter.  
7-10  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with the Postscript Option  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with the Postscript Option  
To use your plotter with Macintosh applications that output files in the Adobe  
PostScript language, you need to order the PostScript Upgrade Kit. For the HP  
part number, see page 11-14. Such applications include, for example:  
Adobe Illustrator  
Adobe Photoshop  
Aldus Freehand  
Aldus PageMaker  
QuarkXpress.  
Many Microsoft Windows applications (for example CorelDRAW!), can also  
output PostScript files, but in most cases all you need is the Microsoft Windows  
driver supplied with your plotter.  
As well as a PostScript driver for your software, the PostScript Upgrade Kit  
includes a ROM SIMM, which you install in the back of your plotter.  
The upgrade kit comes with its own detailed installation instructions. When  
removing the cover plate, as instructed, use a flat-head screwdriver and  
remove only the four screws on the cover plate.  
Note that you must install the PostScript ROM SIMM in the second slot from  
the left.  
Slot for PostScript Option  
(Back of Plotter)  
1 2 3 4  
7-11  
Reconfiguring Your Plotter  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with a Network Interface  
To Upgrade Your Plotter with a Network Interface  
You can connect your plotter directly to a LAN using an optional network interface  
card such as the HP JetDirect Print Server. Depending on your needs, you may  
want to use the network interface instead of or in addition to the parallel and serial  
interfaces.  
The slot for a network interface card is situated at the back of the plotter,  
alongside the parallel and serial ports. Using a flat-head screwdriver,  
unscrew only the two screws on the cover plate.  
Slot for network interface card  
For installation and configuration of the HP JetDirect Print Server, see the  
documentation supplied with that product.  
1845d  
HP JetDirect Print Server  
For part numbers of the HP JetDirect Print Server, see page 11-15. This interface  
supports most common network environments and the specification of this product  
is updated regularly. For details of the latest version available, please contact your  
HP dealer or HP Sales and Support office.  
7-12  
8
Replacing the Print Cartridge(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2  
Cleaning the Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2  
“Normal” Plotter Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3  
Maintaining Your Plotter  
Cleaning and Service  
8-1  
Maintaining Your Plotter  
Replacing the Print Cartridge(s) and Cleaning the Plotter  
Replacing the Print Cartridge(s)  
Replaceable print cartridge(s) have been used in your plotter, greatly reducing its  
user maintenance requirements, as these are the components that experience the  
greatest wear and tear.  
Under normal use, you will probably find that you have to replace the black  
cartridge more often than the color cartridges.  
750C Plus  
For instructions on when and how to replace cartridge(s), see the section starting  
on page 3-26.  
Cleaning the Plotter  
Cleaning is limited to the outside of the machine. Use a damp sponge or a soft  
cloth and household cleaner.  
To avoid an electric shock, make sure that the plotter is switched OFF and  
unplugged before you clean it. Do not let water get inside the plotter.  
W A R N I N G  
C A U T I O N  
Do not use abrasive cleaners on the plotter.  
Any maintenance or repairs beyond this should be done by a qualified service  
technician.  
8-2  
Maintaining Your Plotter  
Normal” Plotter Use  
“Normal” Plotter Use  
“Normal” plotter use means less than  
20 pages per day (if medium-density E/A0 CAD plots), or  
12 pages per day (if medium-density E/A0 image prints).  
If your drawings are smaller than E/A0, the number of pages per day can be higher.  
If you use the plotter less than this, it is unlikely you will need to get it serviced. If  
you use the plotter more than this, it is possible that, after a period of time, it will  
need to be serviced. The plotter itself keeps an internal count of total pages printed  
and total passes of the cartridge carriage. If the front panel periodically displays  
STATUS  
Maintenance advised  
this means that your use of the plotter has exceeded one of the following  
warranty limits:  
either 20,000 pages printed  
or 4,500,000 passes of the cartridge carriage.  
Contact your local HP dealer or HP service engineer to arrange a service. After  
the service the message will disappear. If you choose not to have the service, you  
may continue to use the plotter as normal, but may encounter a number of  
operational or print-quality problems.  
You can check your current count of pages printed and passes of cartridge carriage  
by printing the Service Configuration Plot.  
8-3  
Maintaining Your Plotter  
Normal” Plotter Use  
To Print the Service Configuration Plot  
1 Make sure media is loaded.  
Utilities  
2 In the front-panel menus choose the option shown on the left.  
Service config  
Full menu mode  
8-4  
9
Using the Documentation to Help Solve Problems . . . . . . . . . . 9-2  
Locating the Source of Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3  
Solving Media-Handling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4  
Solving Print Cartridge Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7  
Clearing a Media Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8  
Solving Communication Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10  
Solving Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16  
Solving Front-Panel Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21  
Solving Miscellaneous Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23  
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25  
Troubleshooting  
9-1  
Troubleshooting  
Using the Documentation to Help Solve Problems  
Using the Documentation to Help Solve Problems  
If you are looking for the meaning of an error message, see chapter 10.  
If you know the problem is related to a certain task, first check the relevant  
section in this manual, for the step-by-step procedures. Use this manual’s index  
to find the section. For example, if you are having difficulty with your page  
format, refer to chapter 4, titled: Controlling the Page Format.  
If the problem persists, refer to the appropriate section in this chapter. The  
sections are  
Solving media-handling problems  
Clearing a media jam  
Solving problems with plot position or content  
Solving print quality problems  
Solving miscellaneous problems.  
If the problem could be related to your software driver, and you are using an  
HP driver, refer to the drivers’ troubleshooting documentation and the  
‘On-Line-Help’ in your application software.  
If the problem has no obvious cause, read “Locating the source of the problem”  
on the next page.  
If you still cannot solve the problem, refer to “Getting help” on page 9-25.  
9-2  
Troubleshooting  
Locating the Source of Problem  
Locating the Source of the Problem  
1 Look at the front-panel display for any error message. For an explanation, see  
chapter 10.  
2 Test the plotter.  
Switch the plotter off. Ensure that the power cord is firmly inserted in the  
plotter and plugged in to an outlet that you know works.  
Switch the plotter on. Print a sample plot (see page 1-24). If the plotter plots  
this correctly, the problem is probably not with the plotter.  
3 Test your computer hardware and interface.  
Ensure that you have the correct interface cable between the computer and the  
plotter and that it is firmly connected to the correct ports (see the sections  
starting on page 1-27).  
Check that your plotter’s graphics language setting (in Device setup / Lang)  
matches the requirements of your software.  
Serial interface users only. Check that your plotter’s serial interface settings  
(in I/O Setup / RS-232-C) match the requirements of your computer hardware  
and application software. See page 1-29 for details. Also, if you have changed  
your interface, switch the plotter off and then on again before trying to plot.  
9-3  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Media-Handling Problems  
Solving Media-Handling Problems  
If the Front Panel Keeps Indicating that Media Is Misaligned or  
Incorrectly Positioned.  
Roll media:  
Have you:  
Loaded the roll the wrong way. The media should load over the roll toward  
you.  
Loaded the media at an angle. The right-hand edge must be parallel to the  
perforated line on the plotter.  
Sheet media  
Have you:  
Loaded the media at the wrong side of the entry slot. It must be loaded with the  
right-hand edge against the perforated line on the plotter.  
Loaded the media at an angle. The right-hand edge must be parallel to the  
perforated line on the plotter.  
Pushed or held the media back as it is loading. You must hold the media only  
by the edges and immediately release it when the plotter is loading.  
It is also possible that the media itself is crumpled or warped or has irregular  
edges.  
If you are using hand-cut media, perhaps the edges do not form a right-angle or  
they are rough. It is not recommended to use media that you have cut yourself;  
use only purchased sheet media.  
If you cannot make your media’s leading edge straight, you can turn on the  
skew tolerance feature (Device setup / Skew tolerance). See page 3-21, but  
remember that this feature can skew your plot on the page.  
9-4  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Media-Handling Problems  
If Media Crumples When You Load it  
Clear any obstructions in the media path.  
Be sure the leading edge is straight and free of tears. Cut a straight edge with  
the knife if necessary.  
If your media is curled, and if both sides are the same, load it with the curved  
(hollow) side towards you (Certain media types – for example coated paper –  
have a plotting side and a non-plotting side and these must be loaded plotting  
side down.)  
When loading media, hold each edge and push the media into the plotter evenly  
against the stops until a slight buckle develops evenly across the media. Let go  
as soon as it starts to feed into the plotter.  
If you have just moved the plotter or your media from an environment with a  
different humidity level, let the media stabilize for at least 15 minutes before  
loading it.  
Roll media only. Open the roll cover and raise the lever. Unload the leading  
edge of the roll. Push the media all the way to the right so that it is flush against  
the media stop on the roll core. Then reload the media.  
If Plots Do Not Feed Out Properly From the Plotter  
Make sure the roll cover is completely closed before you plot.  
If The Automatic Cutter Does Not Cut Immediately When a Plot  
Has Finished  
Check the Page format / Margins setting. When this is set to Smaller, the plotter  
waits until the next plot begins plotting so it can create a 10 mm margin  
between both plots or nesting sets.  
Press the Form Feed and Cut key if you need to cut the media before the  
ink-drying time has passed or before the next plot begins plotting. Use caution  
to avoid smearing the ink.  
Check the ink-drying time and change if necessary (Device setup / Drying time).  
9-5  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Media-Handling Problems  
If the Automatic Cutter Does Not Work  
The automatic cutter is activated only when roll media is loaded.  
Your software application may have disabled the automatic cutter. Refer to your  
software documentation or contact your software vendor for more information.  
If Plots Fall on the Floor After Being Cut  
Do not let more than twenty plots accumulate in the bin.  
Make sure you have loaded roll media properly. If loaded incorrectly, the  
natural curl of the media may cause it to miss the bin and fall to the floor.  
If a Sheet Is Ejected When You Switch On the Plotter  
The plotter is undertaking an automatic calibration check. Simply wait for the  
STATUS / Ready message and then reload the sheet.  
If Plots Do Not Stack Properly in the Bin  
You may be too close to the end of the roll. The natural curl near the end of the  
roll can cause stacking problems. Load a new roll or remove plots manually as  
they are completed.  
If plotted media is sagging or wrinkling between the bin wires after it is cut and  
fed out, try placing a sheet of scrap paper in the bin shelf that is at least the size  
of the plot.  
If you are mixing plots or nesting sets of several different sizes, you are more  
likely to have stacking problems because of the different sizes of media in the  
bin.  
9-6  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Print-Cartridge Problems  
Solving Print-Cartridge Problems  
!
If the Access Cartridge(s) Key Does Not Work  
Make sure the window is closed before you press Access Cartridge(s).  
If the Plotter Runs the Cartridge-Alignment Routine  
Unexpectedly  
The plotter runs the automatic cartridge alignment procedure every time you  
load, replace or even reseat a cartridge, whether it is a new cartridge or not. Do  
not remove the cartridge(s) unnecessarily.  
You can stop the alignment by pressing Cancel, but the plotter will restart the  
alignment procedure the next time you switch it on.  
If Brand New Cartridge(s) Have Problems  
Check the cartridge(s) to be sure you have removed the protective nozzle tape.  
Try reseating the cartridge(s).  
Don’t forget that, after you remove or reseat a cartridge, the plotter will run its  
automatic cartridge alignment procedure – see page 3-27.  
For troubleshooting other problems with the print cartridge(s), see the section  
starting on page 9-16.  
9-7  
Troubleshooting  
Clearing a Media Jam  
Clearing a Media Jam  
1
Switch OFF the plotter, open the window and raise the media lever.  
OFF  
1867  
Don’t touch the stainless steel strip that runs the length of the plotter behind  
the cartridge carriage; its edge is very sharp. Keep hair, jewelry, clothing,  
and foreign objects away from the plotter mechanisms.  
W A R N I N G  
When moving the cartridge carriage, touch only the black plastic parts.  
2 Carefully move the cartridge carriage out of the way – if possible all the way to the  
enclosed area on the left or the right. Which way you are able to move it depends  
on where the media is jammed. If the plotter was in the process of cutting media at  
the time of the jam, the cutter carriage will be attached to the cartridge carriage and  
will move with it.  
3 Carefully remove any of the jammed media which you can easily lift up and out  
from the top of the plotter.  
4 Carefully pull the rest of the roll or sheet down and out of the media entry slot.  
5 Lower the window and the lever and switch on the plotter. Press the Form Feed  
and Cut key to eject any pieces of media that are still in the media path.  
6 Reload the media as normal – see page 3-10. Remember that, if it’s a roll, you  
may need to trim the edge.  
9-8  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Communication Problems  
Solving Communication Problems  
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If There is a Problem Communicating between Your Computer  
and the Plotter  
Some symptoms of a communication problem are:  
The front-panel Receiving light does not come on.  
The front-panel display does not show STATUS / Receiving.  
Your computer displays an error message when you are trying to print.  
Your computer or plotter “hangs” (stays idle) while communication is taking  
place.  
Your plotted output shows random or inexplicable errors (misplaced lines,  
partial drawings etc.).  
Items to start checking are:  
Have you selected the correct interface port in your software?  
Does the plotter work correctly when receiving files from other software?  
If the plotter is connected to a network, try using it when connected directly to  
your computer.  
If your plotter is connected to your computer via any other intermediate devices,  
such as switch boxes, buffer boxes, cable adapters, cable converters etc., try  
using it when connected directly to your computer.  
Try another interface cable. For details of supported cables, see page 11-8.  
9-9  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
If you don’t find the solution to the problem here, other sources of help are:  
The documentation supplied with the driver that you are using to manage the  
output from your software application to the plotter. For example, the online  
and printed documentation included in the following two drivers supplied with  
your plotter:  
HP plotter drivers for AutoCAD  
HP plotter driver for Microsoft Windows applications  
The documentation supplied with your application software, for example the  
AutoCAD Reference Manual.  
If the Plot Is Completely Blank  
Check the print cartridge(s) to be sure you have removed the protective nozzle  
tape from all of them. Do not forget that, after you remove or reseat a cartridge,  
the plotter will run its automatic cartridge alignment procedure – see page 3-27.  
Cartridge(s) may be out of ink. For an explanation of how to check if a  
cartridge is out of ink, see page 3-26.  
9-10  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
If the Output Contains Only a Partial Plot  
Did you press Form Feed and Cut before all the data was received by the  
plotter? If so, you have ended the data transmission and will have to print the  
plot again. (You normally don’t need to press Form Feed and Cut to unload  
the plot.)  
The I/O Setup / I/O Timeout setting may be too short. Increase the setting and  
plot again. See page 7-9.  
The file may be too big for the plotter’s memory. For information on memory  
expansion modules, see page 11-14.  
There may be a communications problem between your computer and the  
plotter. Make sure interface cable is connected properly.  
Check to make sure that your software settings are correct for your current plot  
size (e.g., long-axis plots).  
If you are using network software, make sure it has not timed out.  
See also under “If the plot is clipped” on page 9-12.  
9-11  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
If the Plot Is Clipped  
This normally indicates a discrepancy between the actual plotting area on the  
loaded media and the plotting area as understood by your software. For general  
advice on plotting areas and page size, see chapter 4.  
Check the actual plotting area for the media size you have loaded. Plotting area  
= media size minus margins. For media size and margins, see page 11-2. For  
actual plotting areas, see page 11-6.  
Check what your software understands to be the plotting area (which it may call  
“printable area” or “imageable area”). For example, AutoCAD assumes  
standard plotting areas that are larger than those used in this plotter.  
Check that the orientation of the media is the same as that assumed by your  
software. The front–panel Page format / Rotate option changes the orientation  
of a drawing and, on roll media, the orientation of the page. It is possible that a  
rotated plot on roll media may be slightly clipped in order to retain the correct  
page size, as explained on page 4-8.  
You may have asked to rotate the plot from portrait to landscape on media that  
is not wide enough, for example a D/A1-size plot rotated on a D/A1-size roll.  
If necessary, change the plotting area in your software. For example, in  
AutoCAD, specify User Sizes (see AutoCAD documentation).  
The file may be too big for the plotter’s memory. This is the case if the front  
panel displays “Out of memory – data was lost”. For information on memory  
expansion modules, see page 11-14.  
If a Long-Axis Plot Is Clipped  
Does your software support long-axis plots?  
Have you specified an appropriate media size in your software?  
Make sure that the plotter’s Page format / Size is set to Inked area.  
9-12  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
If the Entire Plot Is in One Quadrant of the Correct Plotting  
Area  
Is the page size configured in the software too small?  
Are you sure that your software does not believe the drawing to be in one  
quadrant of the page?  
Otherwise, this indicates an incompatibility between the software and the plotter:  
Is your software configured for this plotter? For general advice, see page 1-35.  
For advice specific to your software, see either the documentation supplied with  
the driver or any Software Application Notes supplied with your plotter.  
If you still have not found the solution, try changing the plotter’s Graphics  
Language setting on the front panel (Device setup / Lang).  
If the Plot Is Unexpectedly Rotated  
Check the front-panel Page format / Rotate setting. See page 4-7.  
If Queueing and Nesting are both ON, plots may be automatically rotated to  
save media. See page 6-11.  
If the Plot Is a Mirror Image of Your Drawing  
Check the front-panel Page format / Mirror setting.  
If the Plot Is Inaccurate  
If you notice problems with accuracy, print the Service Config plot, as  
explained on page 7-5, to see if the plotter needs to be recalibrated.  
9-13  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
If the Plot Is Distorted or Unintelligible  
The interface cable between your computer and the plotter could be faulty. Try  
another cable to see if the problem is corrected.  
If you are using a serial interface between the plotter and your computer, make  
sure the plotter’s serial interface settings match the settings and requirements of  
your software and hardware. See page 1-29.  
If One Plot Overlays Another Plot on the Same Sheet  
The I/O Setup / I/O Timeout setting may be too long. Decrease the setting and  
plot again. See page 7-9.  
If Device setup / Lang is set to 7586,HP–GL/2 (the default), try changing the  
Terminator setting and send the files again.  
If Pen Settings Seem To Have No Effect  
Either you have changed them in Pen settings / Define palette but forgotten to  
select that palette in Pen settings / Palette,  
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or you expected the software-driven pen settings but the front panel Pen  
settings / Palette is not set to Software.  
See page 5-6.  
If the Plotter Produces a Black and White Plot When You  
Expected a Color Plot  
Check the front panel Color/Mono setting, and the equivalent setting in your  
software.  
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9-14  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content  
If the Plotter Has Printed a Different Plot Than the One You  
Were Expecting  
?!  
One possibility is that you have accidentally initiated one of the plotter’s internal  
plots:  
The Cartridge Alignment Plot. (A small pattern of lines without text.) This is  
printed automatically every time you replace, or reseat a cartridge.  
The Current Configuration Plot. (A graphic and text plot with the current  
configuration details) This is plotted by simultaneously pressing the two arrow  
keys on the front-panel.  
The Sample Plot. (A graphic plot with product information) This is plotted  
from the front-panel menu Demos / Samples.  
The Front-Panel Menu Plot. (A text plot showing the complete menu  
structure) This is plotted from the front-panel menu Demos / Menu.  
The Service Configuration Plot. (A text plot with service information) This is  
plotted from the front-panel menu Utilities / Service Config.  
The Palette Demo Plot. (A plot with 256 colored squares) This is plotted  
from the front-panel menu Demos / Palette.  
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750C Plus  
If the Quality Of A Color Plot Is Not as Good as You Were  
Expecting  
Select Best on the front-panel Print Quality key and plot again.  
Did you specify the correct media type when loading? The highest line quality  
is only produced using Opaque Bond, Coated Paper or Matte Film. For details  
of media types, see page 3-3. To find out the plotters’ current media type  
setting, see page 7-2.  
Your application-software driver may be overriding the Sharp lines selection on  
the front–panel menu.  
Are you plotting something other than a line drawing, for example a  
CorelDRAW! file? If so, you may want to experiment to improve the output  
quality by setting Sharp lines to Off on the front-panel menu, and plot again.  
Are you plotting a CAD drawing with small raster images? Try setting Sharp  
lines to On, and plot again.  
When loading the paper, specify “Heavy coated paper” on the front panel, rather  
than “Coated paper”.  
9-15  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Print-Quality Problems  
Solving Print-Quality Problems  
To achieve the best performance from your plotter, we recommend you only use  
genuine HP accessories and supplies, whose reliability and performance have been  
thoroughly tested to give trouble-free performance and best-quality plots. For  
details of HP media, see page 3-3 and the Supplies Source catalog supplied with  
the plotter.  
If the Color Is Not as Expected  
The means of accurately managing the colors printed by your plotter vary with the  
software application and driver being used. Refer to the following documentation:  
The Software Application Note for your application, in the specific package  
shipped with this plotter.  
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Online documentation in the Microsoft Windows driver shipped with your  
plotter, particularly in the Color Options dialog box.  
Additionally, remember that your plotter may be configured to use one of its  
internal pen palettes instead of your software’s palette (which is the default). See  
the section starting on page 5-3.  
If There Are White Streaks in Solid Fill Areas  
This may mean that a cartridge nozzle is blocked. Unless you have switched  
cartridge check off (see page 3-26), the plotter normally detects this problem and  
tries to clear the nozzle automatically. However, some nozzles may still remain  
blocked, and in this case, the plotter will display Service cartridge(s) on the front  
panel. This means you should replace the problem cartridge, as explained from  
page 3-26. If you are unsure which cartridge has the problem, refer to the next  
page.  
9-16  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Print-Quality Problems  
If There are Other Gaps in Solid Areas or in Lines  
1 One or more of your cartridges may be out of ink. For an explanation of how to  
check, see page 3-26.  
2 If the ink levels are OK, try to assess which cartridge has the problem. Look at  
your plot; If the problem occurs only in one of the following colors – yellow, cyan,  
magenta, red, green, blue or black – then you can eliminate one or more of the  
cartridges. Remember that the plotter’s cartridges are yellow, cyan, magenta and  
black, and that “pure” red, green and blue are made up as follows:  
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=
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+
+
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red  
yellow  
cyan  
magenta  
yellow  
cyan  
green  
blue  
magenta  
3 If you know which cartridge has the problem, then try reseating it to ensure good  
electrical connections. While it is out of the carriage, check the print nozzles to  
make sure the protective tape has been removed. Don’t forget that, after you  
remove or reseat a cartridge, the plotter will run its automatic cartridge alignment  
procedure – see page 3-27.  
4 If you don’t know which cartridge has the problem, then print the Service  
Configuration Plot, by choosing Utilities / Service Config on the front panel. This  
plot contains a pattern for each of the four cartridge colors (yellow, cyan, magenta  
and black) which you can examine for gaps or streaks. If you can identify a  
problem cartridge, try the checks described in 3 above.  
5 If the problems persist, try running the recalibration routine. See page 7-5.  
6 If the problems still persist, replace the cartridge(s). See page 3-26.  
9-17  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Print-Quality Problems  
If There are Jagged Vertical or Horizontal Lines  
Did you specify the right media type when loading the media? For details of  
front-panel media types, see page 3-3. To find out the plotter’s current type of  
media setting, see page 7-2.  
Force the automatic cartridge alignment procedure by reseating a print  
cartridge.  
If the problem persists, replace the print cartridge(s). See page 3-26.  
If There are Slightly Warped Lines  
The media itself may be warped. This can happen if it has been used or stored  
in an extreme environment. For all environmental specifications, see page 11-4.  
If There are Color “Shadows”  
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Force the automatic cartridge alignment procedure by reseating any one of the  
print cartridges.  
If One or More Cartridges are not Printing at All  
Look to see if the cartridge is out of ink. See 3-26.  
If it is still not printing, remove the faulty cartridge(s) and check the print  
nozzles to make sure the protective tape has been removed. Do not forget that,  
after you remove or reseat a cartridge, the plotter will run its automatic cartridge  
alignment procedure – see page 3-27.  
9-18  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Print-Quality Problems  
If There are Blurred Lines (Ink “Bleeds” from Lines)  
Perhaps you are not using HP media. For details of HP media, see page 3-3 and  
the Supplies Source catalog supplied with the plotter.  
The plotter may be operating in an area where the temperature and humidity are  
too high. For environmental specifications, see page 11-4. To allow for  
extremely dry or humid environments within the specification, see page 3-22.  
Did you adjust the drying time in the front-panel menu purely to speed up the  
plotters output? For details of drying time adjustments see page 3-23.  
If There are Blotchy Areas (Uneven Fill Density)  
Perhaps you are not using HP media. For details of HP media, see page 3-3 and  
the Supplies Source catalog supplied with the plotter.  
Did you specify the right media type when loading the media? For details of  
front-panel media types, see page 3-3. To find out the plotter’s current type of  
media setting, see page 7-2.  
Note that some media types are not recommended for color plots with large area  
fills. See page 3-5.  
If the Plot Is Too Dark or the Color Too Saturated  
You can make a global adjustment to the amount of black ink used (which  
affects most colors too) by adjusting the Lightness setting. See page 5-8.  
9-19  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Print-Quality Problems  
If There Is Pronounced Banding in Area Fills  
Some banding is normal, especially in dark or dense area fills. If the banding is  
unacceptable, try the following:  
Make sure you are using HP media.  
Try changing the Print Quality setting.  
If the banding is in a black or gray area, then try reducing the percentage of  
black in grayscales, either in your software or in the plotter’s palette. For  
details of how to do this using the plotter’s palette, see page 5-3.  
Force the automatic cartridge alignment procedure by reseating a print  
cartridge.  
Try accuracy calibration.  
Adjust the drying time, see page 3-22.  
If the problem persists, replace the print cartridge(s). See page 3-26.  
If Ink Smears After You Remove a Plot  
Use HP media for best quality.  
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This can be caused by extreme environmental conditions. For environmental  
specifications, see page 11-4.  
With roll media, the plotter automatically allows a suitable ink-drying time  
before cutting the roll and dropping the plot in the media bin. To allow for  
extremely dry or humid environments within the specification, see page 3-22.  
With sheet media, you need to allow for ink-drying time before removing the  
sheet. For recommended ink-drying times, see page 3-22. For example, with a  
best-quality monochrome plot on opaque bond, you should wait about 90  
seconds before unloading the sheet.  
Handle media by the edges. If possible, wear gloves when you handle film. Skin  
oils can interact with ink and cause it to smear.  
9-20  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Front-Panel Problems  
Solving Front-Panel Problems  
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If the Access Cartridge(s) Key Does Not Work  
Make sure the plotters’ window is closed before you press Access  
Cartridge(s).  
If None of the Front-Panel Keys Work  
Turn the plotter off and then on again. If the problem persists, have your plotter  
serviced.  
If Page Format/Rotate Does Not Work  
Your plot file may be too big for the plotter’s buffer, and you may need to  
consider obtaining a memory expansion module. For information on memory  
expansion modules, see page 11-14.  
The plotter cannot rotate raster images. If your plots contain raster data  
(typically, images with heavy area fill and shading that you have scanned into  
your software) you will not be able to rotate the plot.  
The plotter cannot rotate any file sent using the Microsoft Windows driver  
supplied with the plotter, as they contain raster images.  
If a Display Message Will Not Clear  
Look up the message in chapter 10. The message description may help you  
understand and resolve the problem.  
If looking up the message did not help, press Enter. If that does not work, turn  
the power off, then on again. If the message still displays, have the plotter  
serviced. If the message says “System Error” and has an alphanumeric code,  
refer to the next explanation.  
9-21  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Front-Panel Problems  
If a “System Error” Message Is Displayed  
Press Enter. If the message does not clear, turn the plotter off, then on again to  
try to clear the system error. If media appears to be jammed, clear it. If the  
message is still displayed, record the alphanumeric code and have the plotter  
serviced. Report the code to the service technician; knowing the code number  
will help the technician resolve the problem.  
If an “Out Of Memory/Data Was Lost” Message Is Displayed  
The current plot is too large for the plotter’s buffer. To print this plot you will  
have to install additional memory. For information on memory expansion  
modules and memory usage, see page 7-10.  
9-22  
Troubleshooting  
Solving miscellaneous problems  
Solving Miscellaneous Problems  
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If the Plotter Does not Plot  
You may have a power problem. If there is no activity at all from the plotter,  
and no lights on the front panel, check that the power cable is connected  
correctly and that there is power available at the socket.  
You may have a problem with your application driver. Is your software  
configured for this plotter? For general advice, see page 1-35. For advice  
specific to your software, see either the documentation supplied with the driver  
or a relevant Software Application Note supplied with your plotter.  
The file may be too big for the plotter’s memory.  
Look on your computer screen for any error message: some drivers, for  
example the Microsoft Windows driver supplied with your plotter, allow you  
to choose a different printing mode and try to send the file again.  
If no other printing mode is available, or if your file still does not print, you  
may need to consider obtaining a memory expansion module. For informa-  
tion on memory expansion modules, see page 11-14.  
If you continue to have problems, see “Getting help” on page 9-25.  
If the Plotter Seems Too Slow  
Did you specify Best Print Quality on the front panel? Best quality plots are  
produced more slowly. See page 5-11.  
Did you specify the right media type when loading the media? For details of  
front-panel media types, see page 3-3. To find out the plotter’s current type of  
media setting, see page 7-2.  
If you are using the Microsoft Windows driver shipped with the plotter, check  
the settings in the “Print Setup / Options” dialog box, where some of the  
settings impact printing speed. If in doubt, use the on-screen help system.  
Is Sharp lines set to Auto on the front panel or in your driver? If so, setting it to  
Off will speed up your plotter but may reduce the quality of your plot. See  
page 5-14  
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9-23  
Troubleshooting  
Solving Miscellaneous Problems  
If the Plotter Waits Too Long to Plot a Nest  
Change the Nest wait setting. See page 6-12.  
If the Plotter Performs the Cartridge Alignment Routine  
Unexpectedly  
This is a normal plotter operation. The plotter will align the cartridge(s) every  
time you replace, or even reseat, a cartridge, whether or not it is new.  
If the Bail (Black Metal Bar) Does Not Lower All the Way  
If the the bail (the black metal bar just inside the plotter’s window) will not  
lower all the way, check for obstructions underneath it.  
Make sure the cutting carriage is pushed all the way to the right.  
9-24  
Troubleshooting  
Getting Help  
Getting Help  
Hewlett-Packard has support services available to help you in case you have a  
problem with your plotter.  
For a list of the support services available, refer to the Hewlett-Packard  
Support Services booklet shipped with this plotter.  
What to Do Before You Call  
1 Review the troubleshooting suggestions:  
in this chapter,  
in the relevant driver documentation supplied with this plotter (for users of  
AutoCAD and Microsoft Windows applications),  
in any relevant Software Application Note supplied with this plotter.  
2 Plot the sample plot as explained on page 1-24. If the sample plot works and does  
not display the problems you have found with your own plots, then the problem is  
probably not with your plotter.  
3 If the problem appears to be related to your software application, first contact your  
software vendor.  
4 If you still have difficulty, refer to the HP Support Services booklet shipped with  
this plotter. This document contains a comprehensive list of various support  
services available to help solve plotter problems.  
5 If you do call one of the Hewlett-Packard offices, please have the following  
information available to help us answer your questions more quickly:  
The plotter you are using.  
The computer you are using.  
Any special equipment or software you are using (for example, spoolers,  
networks, switch-boxes, modems, or special software drivers).  
The cable you are using (by part number) and where you purchased it.  
The type of interface used on your plotter (RS-232-C, parallel, or modular).  
The software name and version you are currently using.  
If a Repair Is Needed  
Contact the Hewlett-Packard dealer or HP Sales and Support Office nearest to you  
for complete service information.  
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9-26  
10  
Front-Panel Messages  
10-1  
Front-Panel Messages  
Front-Panel Messages  
This is a list of all possible messages in the front-panel display. If you need to do  
something, it is shown in italics in the Explanation and Action column.  
The messages are listed in alphabetical order.  
Message  
Explanation and Action  
Alignment error  
Continue  
The alignment procedure has failed. Check that an opaque media is loaded.  
Press to continue and force the automatic alignment procedure again by  
reseating any of the print cartridges. Do not lift the window while cartridge  
alignment is being performed.  
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Calibrate error  
Continue  
The calibration plot was loaded incorrectly and it could not be measured. Press ↓  
to continue, then reload the plot for measurement. Follow front panel instructions.  
!
!
Calibration done  
Continue  
Accuracy calibration is complete. Press to continue.  
Close roll cover  
Continue  
Rewind the media to take up any slack in the roll, close the roll cover, then press  
to continue.  
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!
Press to create the pattern for automatic calibration.  
Press to start the automatic calibration.  
Create pattern  
Measure pattern !  
Edge not found  
Reload media  
The plotter could not find edge of media during loading procedure. Check the  
leading edge of the media for unevenness or tears; cut a straight edge, if  
necessary, and reload. Be sure to position the right edge along the perforated line  
on the entry platen when loading.  
Lift lever  
Lift the lever at the right of the plotter.  
Load arrow edge  
print side down  
Remove calibration plot, turn it so that the edge with arrows printed on it is print  
side down, then load that edge into the plotter.  
Load cancelled  
Remove media  
You pressed the Cancel button while media loading was in progress. Remove  
media.  
Load error  
Remove media  
You inserted media with the media lever raised. Lower the lever and reload the  
media.  
Load media  
Load media to proceed with cartridge alignment.  
to align cartridges  
Lower lever  
after aligning  
When you have finished aligning the roll media as instructed, lower the lever at  
the right of the plotter.  
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Front-Panel Messages  
Message  
Explanation and Action  
Lower lever  
to continue  
You lifted the media lever while the processor was busy. Lower the lever to  
continue.  
Lower window  
to continue  
You opened the window while the processor was busy. Close the window to  
continue.  
Media too small  
The media you loaded for accuracy calibration or cartridge alignment is too small.  
Reload appropriate media. See page 7-5.  
Mispositioned  
Reload roll  
The roll is mispositioned. Reload media.  
Mispositioned  
Reload sheet  
The sheet is mispositioned. Remove it and reload it with the right edge no more  
than 0.2 inches (0.5 cm) from either side of the perforated line on the entry platen.  
MIO data error  
The modular interface is incorrectly configured. Press Enter to clear the message  
from the front panel display. Recheck the MIO configuration settings.  
MIO error  
Communication  
Break  
The flow of data from the computer to the plotter was prematurely stopped (e.g.,  
by turning off the computer before all data is sent). Press Enter to clear the  
message from the front panel display.  
Open window to  
Lift the window to access the cartridge(s).  
access cartridge(s)  
Out of memory  
Data was lost  
The current plot is too large for the plotter’s buffer. Install additional memory to  
plot this drawing.  
Grasp the left and right free edges of the roll media and pull toward you until the  
media is taut. At the same time, align the left and right edges of the media so that  
they are flush with the left and right edges of the roll.  
Pull # / Align $  
edges to roll  
Remove media  
The ink is dry. Remove the calibration plot the plotter just produced. Press to  
continue with accuracy calibration.  
Remove media  
Lower lever  
You have attempted to load media while the lever at the right of the plotter was  
raised. Remove the media, lower the lever, and reload media with the lever down.  
Replace cartridge(s)  
JJJJ  
The cartridge indicated has a clogged nozzle. Replace it to continue.  
The cartridge indicated is badly seated. Reseat it to continue.  
Roll media is misaligned (skewed). Reload media.  
Reseat cartridge(s)  
JJJJ  
Roll misaligned  
Reload roll  
RS-232 error  
Baud, parity  
The RS-232-C interface is configured incorrectly. Press Enter to clear the  
message from the front panel display. Check the baud rate and parity settings in  
the front panel, in the hardware configuration, and in your software to be sure they  
are all compatible.  
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Front-Panel Messages  
Message  
Explanation and Action  
Service cartridge(s)  
Cartridge Check is on and an error has been detected. Press if you want to  
service the cartridge(s) (replace or reseat). Press if you want to continue without  
servicing the cartridge(s).  
Continue  
!
Press to load sheet media.  
Press to load roll media.  
Sheet load  
Roll load  
!
!
Sheet misaligned  
Reload sheet  
Sheet media is misaligned (skewed). Remove it and reload it so that the left and  
right edges being loaded into the plotter are square. The leading edge must also  
be straight.  
Sheet / Roll?  
Reload media  
D Either: You have chosen Sheet mode while loading roll media. Reload media.  
D Or: You have loaded a sheet more than 51 inches (130 cm) long. Trim sheet  
and reload.  
STATUS  
Accessing  
cartridge(s)  
You have pressed the Access cartridge(s) button. The cartridge carriage is moving  
to the service cartridge(s) position so you can access it.  
STATUS  
The plotter is aligning the cartridge(s).  
Aligning cartridge(s)  
STATUS  
Cancelling  
You have pressed the Cancel button and the plotter is in the process of cancelling  
the procedure. Continue when this message is no longer displayed.  
STATUS  
Checking media  
The plotter is checking to see if media is properly positioned with respect to the  
perforated line of the entry platen.  
STATUS  
The plotter is performing calibration.  
Calibrating  
STATUS  
The ink on your plot is drying. Wait before removing the plot. If you remove it  
Ink drying (xx m xx s) before the indicated time has passed, avoid smearing the ink.  
STATUS  
The plotter is loading roll media.  
Loading roll  
STATUS  
The plotter is loading sheet media.  
Loading sheet  
STATUS  
You are using the plotter more intensively than the recommended duty cycle and  
Maintenance advised should contact your local HP dealer or HP service engineer to arrange a service.  
For the duty cycle specification, see page 11-4. If you choose to not to call for  
service, you may continue to use the plotter as normal, but may encounter  
operational or print-quality problems.  
STATUS  
The plotter is measuring the calibration plot you just loaded.  
Measuring  
10-4  
Front-Panel Messages  
Message  
Explanation and Action  
STATUS  
The cartridge carriage is returning to its station at the left of the plotter.  
Returning cartridge(s)  
STATUS  
The plotter is trimming the edge of roll media.  
Roll feed edge trim  
STATUS  
Initializing  
The plotter is doing an internal check during power-up.  
The plotter has received a file, is ready to print, but has no media loaded.  
The plotter is printing.  
STATUS  
Out of media  
STATUS  
Printing  
STATUS  
Printing (Special)  
The plotter is printing with a special print mode controlled by your software rather  
than by the plotter.  
STATUS  
The plotter is ready for you to load media.  
Ready for media  
STATUS  
Ready  
The plotter is ready to print.  
STATUS  
The plotter is receiving or has received plot data.  
Receiving  
STATUS  
Testing cartridge(s)  
The plotter is testing the cartridge(s) for problems, i.e., clogged cartridge or bad  
electrical connection (improper seating).  
Switch power off  
Turn off the plotter. The cartridge carriage cannot move. The plotter may be  
Check cartridge path jammed with media. Check the media path and clear it if necessary. Then turn on  
the plotter.  
Switch power off  
Check paper path  
Turn off the plotter. The drive roller cannot move or the roll feed spindle cannot  
freely rotate. The plotter may be jammed with media. Check the media path and  
clear it if necessary. Then turn on the plotter.  
System error  
XXXXXX  
An internal error has occurred and a system error number is displayed. Press  
Enter; this may clear the error and allow you to continue. If you cannot continue,  
turn off the plotter, then turn it on again. If you still see the system error message,  
record the system error number and have the plotter serviced. For support  
details, see page 9-25.  
Wrong cartridge type You have loaded one or more incompatible cartridges. Replace the cartridges with  
those appropriate for this plotter.  
10-5  
10-6  
11  
Plotter Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2  
Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7  
Interface Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8  
Regulatory Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10  
Ordering Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13  
Reference  
11-1  
Reference  
Plotter Specifications  
Plotter Specifications  
C4705A and C4708A = D/A1-size plotter.  
C4706A and C4709A = E/A0-size plotter.  
Functional Specifications  
Cartridges  
HP DesignJet 700, one black. For part number, see page 11-15.  
700  
HP DesignJet 750C Plus. yellow, cyan, magenta and black. For part numbers, see  
page 11-15.  
750C Plus  
Media sizes  
Width (carriage axis)  
Minimum  
Length (paper axis)  
Minimum  
Maximum  
Maximum  
E/A0-size plotter  
Maximum length  
of long axis plot  
on roll media:  
15.2 m (50 ft)  
917 mm (36.1 in)  
190 mm (7.5 in)  
210 mm (8.3 in)  
Color  
625 mm (24.6 in)  
1.32 m (52 in)  
sheet media  
D/A1-size plotter  
Media types  
Monochrome  
See also Supplies  
Source catalog and (in  
Europe and USA)  
Media Reference  
Guide  
Opaque bond  
Translucent bond  
Natural tracing paper  
Vellum  
Opaque bond (CAD drawings only)  
1
Natural tracing paper  
1
Vellum  
For alternative names,  
HP commercial names  
and physical  
characteristics of  
these media types,  
see chapter 3.  
Coated paper  
Matte film  
Coated paper  
Matte film  
Clear film  
Clear film  
Heavy coated paper  
High-gloss photo paper  
Heavy coated paper  
High-gloss photo paper  
Semi-gloss photo paper  
High-gloss film  
2
2
750C Plus Semi-gloss photo paper  
2
High-gloss film  
1
CAD drawings only and HP media only.  
2
Monochrome drawings can be plotted on glossy media providing the color cartridges are  
loaded.  
Note. From time to time, new media types may become available. For up-to-date information,  
please contact your HP dealer or local HP Sales and Support Office.  
11-2  
Reference  
Plotter Specifications  
Functional Specifications  
Margins  
Normal  
Smaller (roll media only)  
For plotting area  
(media size minus  
margins), see  
page 11-6  
Leading edge:  
Trailing edge:  
Sides:  
17 mm (0.67 in)  
17 mm (0.67 in)  
5 mm (0.2 in)  
10 mm (0.39 in)  
10 mm (0.39 in)  
5 mm (0.2 in)  
All measurements 2 mm (0.08 in).  
Print Quality  
Resolution  
Resolution  
Fast print quality:  
300 x 300 dpi.  
600 x 600 dpi.  
600 x 600 dpi.  
Color/Mono set to: Color  
700  
Normal print quality:  
Best print quality:  
Color/Mono set to: Mono  
Fast print quality:  
Normal print quality:  
Best print quality:  
300 x 300 dpi.  
600 x 600 dpi.  
600 x 600 dpi.  
Fast print quality:  
300 x 300 dpi.  
1
1
750C Plus  
Normal print quality: 300 x 300 dpi.  
Best print quality:  
600 x 600 dpi.2  
Accuracy  
0.38 mm (0.015 in) or 0.2% of the specified vector length, whichever is greater,  
(Maximum  
at 23_C (73_F), 50–60% relative humidity, on HP Matte Film.  
accumulated error)  
Programming  
languages  
HP-GL (7586B), HP-GL/2, HP RTL, PJL  
supported  
1
Except for glossy media types, on which the resolution is always 300 dpi.  
2
Addressable dpi (depending on the type of image your application software has created).  
Only on coated paper, matte film and opaque bond media.  
Physical Specifications  
Weight  
Length  
(unpacked)  
Depth  
(unpacked)  
Height  
(unpacked)  
(packed)  
With stand  
E/A0-size plotter  
D/A1-size plotter  
Without stand  
E/A0-size plotter  
D/A1-size plotter  
60 kg (132 lb)  
49 kg (108 lb)  
1370 mm (54.0 in) 675 mm (26.6 in)  
1072 mm (42.2 in) 675 mm (26.6 in)  
1200 mm (47.3 in)  
1200 mm (47.3 in)  
42 kg (93 lb)  
32 kg (71 lb)  
11-3  
Reference  
Plotter Specifications  
Environmental Specifications  
Operational  
Mechanical and electrical:  
0 to 55_C (32 to 131_F)  
@ 5-95% relative humidity  
With cartridges and media:  
15 to 35_C (59 to 95_F)  
@ 20-80% relative humidity  
For optimal print quality and media  
handling:  
15 to 30_C (59 to 86_F)  
@ 20-80% relative humidity  
Storage  
Plotter and media:  
–40 to 70_C (–40 to 158_F)  
@ 20-80% relative humidity  
Cartridges:  
–40 to 60_C (–40 to 140F_)  
@ 20-90% relative humidity  
Power Specifications  
Source  
100–240V ac 10%. Autoranging.  
50–60 Hz  
Frequency  
Consumption  
140 W max. (2.0 A max.)  
Energy Star rating Maximum power in idle state: 45 watts  
(USA)  
Acoustic Specifications  
Operating sound pressure  
Idle sound pressure  
42 dB(A)  
(From a one-meter bystander position and  
with Print Quality set to Best.)  
<20 dB(A)  
Duty Cycle  
Recommended  
maximum number  
of plots per day  
Medium density E/A0 CAD plots:  
Medium density E/A0 image plots:  
20  
12  
11-4  
Reference  
Plotter Specifications  
EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Specifications  
Canada  
Canadian Department of Communications, Radio Interference Regulations  
Class B compliant.  
European Union  
89/336/EEC EMC Directive compliant.  
B
Meets EN 55022 Class  
emission limits, prEN 55024Ć2  
ESD, prEN55024Ć3 Radiated Immunity, prEN 55024Ć4  
Fast Transients.  
Japan  
Registered VCCI Class 2.  
RRL certified  
Korea  
South Africa  
USA  
SABS licensed  
Federal Communications Commission certified.  
Class  
B
CFR 47 Part 15  
computing device.  
Safety Specifications  
Information Technology Equipment (ITE),  
Movable,  
Class I,  
Plugable Type A,  
Installation CategorIyI,  
Pollution Degree 2.  
For indoor controlled office environments use.  
Canada  
Canadian Standards Association Certified" ITE, CSA C22.2 No.950  
European Union  
Mexico  
73/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive compliant.  
Meets EN 60950  
DGN, NOM019-SCFI-1993 certified  
Norway  
NEMKO approved,  
EN 60950, EMKO TSE(74)DK207/94  
USA  
Underwriters' Laboratories  
Listed" ITE, UL 1950  
11-5  
Reference  
Plotter Specifications  
Plotting Area (= Media Size Minus Margins).  
Media size (and  
orientation of  
media)  
Plotting area (width x height)  
by orientation of drawing  
inches  
landscape  
9.66 x 8.1  
millimeters  
portrait  
landscape  
portrait  
ANSI media  
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
(portrait)  
8.1 x 9.66  
245 x 205  
269 x 182  
397 x 269  
421 x 245  
524 x 421  
549 x 398  
829 x 548  
854 x 525  
205 x 245  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
10.6 x 7.16 7.16 x 10.6  
15.7 x 10.6 10.6 x 15.7  
16.6 x 9.66 9.66 x 16.6  
20.7 x 16.6 16.6 x 20.7  
20.6 x 15.7 15.7 x 20.6  
32.7 x 21.6 21.6 x 32.7  
33.6 x 20.7 20.7 x 33.6  
42.7 x 33.6 33.6 x 42.7  
182 x 269  
269 x 397  
245 x 421  
421 x 524  
398 x 549  
548 x 829  
525 x 854  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
1084 x 854 854 x 1084  
Architectural media  
(portrait)  
10.7 x 8.60  
8.6 x 10.7  
271 x 219  
295 x 195  
423 x 295  
447 x 271  
576 x 447  
600 x 423  
880 x 600  
904 x 576  
219 x 271  
195 x 295  
295 x 423  
271 x 447  
447 x 576  
423 x 600  
600 x 880  
576 x 904  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
11.6 x 7.66 7.66 x 11.6  
16.7 x 11.6 11.6 x 16.7  
17.6 x 10.7 10.7 x 17.6  
22.7 x 17.6 17.6 x 22.7  
23.6 x 16.7 16.7 x 23.6  
34.7 x 23.6 23.6 x 34.7  
35.6 x 22.7 22.7 x 35.6  
40.7 x 29.6 29.6 x 40.7  
46.7 x 35.6 35.6 x 46.7  
10.3 x 7.87 7.87 x 10.3  
11.3 x 6.93 6.93 x 11.3  
15.2 x 11.3 11.3 x 15.2  
16.1 x 10.3 10.3 x 16.1  
22.0 x 16.1 16.1 x 22.0  
23.0 x 15.2 15.2 x 23.0  
31.8 x 23.0 23.0 x 31.8  
32.7 x 22.0 22.0 x 32.7  
45.5 x 32.7 32.7 x 45.5  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
(landscape)  
(portrait)  
(landscape)  
E1 (portrait)  
(portrait)  
1033 x 752 752 x 1033  
1185 x 904 904 x 1185  
E
ISO media  
A4 (portrait)  
263 x 200  
287 x 176  
386 x 287  
410 x 263  
560 x 410  
584 x 386  
807 x 584  
831 x 560  
200 x 263  
176 x 287  
287 x 386  
263 x 410  
410 x 560  
386 x 584  
584 x 807  
560 x 831  
A4 (landscape)  
A3 (portrait)  
A3 (landscape)  
A2 (portrait)  
A2 (landscape)  
A1 (portrait)  
A1 (landscape)  
A0 (portrait)  
1155 x 831 831 x 1155  
For margins, see page 11-3. This table is calculated with normal margins.  
11-6  
Reference  
Interface Specifications  
Interface Specifications  
Below are the parallel and serial interface specifications.  
Pin Wire/Signal Name  
Strobe  
Source  
computer  
both  
Parallel (Bi-Tronics/Centronics)  
Interface  
1
The connector on the plotter is  
36-pin female.  
2 ... 9 D0 ... D7 (data lines)  
10 Ack  
plotter  
Most existing parallel cables support  
Bi-Tronics communication, but for  
use with this plotter, the cable must  
meet the specification in this table.  
11 Busy  
plotter  
12 PError  
plotter  
13 Select (SelectOut)  
14 AutoFd  
plotter  
computer  
16 GND  
19 ... 30 GND  
31 Init  
computer  
plotter  
32 Fault  
36 SelectIn  
computer  
Serial (RS-232-C) Interface  
Pin Wire/Signal Name  
Source  
1
2
3
4
6
7
Protective Ground  
Transmitted Data  
Received Data  
Request to Send  
Data Set Ready  
Signal Ground  
The connector on the plotter is 25-pin  
female.  
DTE  
DCE  
DTE  
DCE  
The plotter is configured as DTE (data  
terminal equipment).  
Data is transmitted on Pin 2 and  
received on Pin 3.  
20 Data Terminal Ready  
DTE  
11-7  
Reference  
Interface Cables  
Interface Cables  
Cables for PCs  
Interface type  
HP part  
number  
Cable length  
Connector type at  
computer end of cable  
Computer  
Parallel (Bi-Tronics/Centronics) Interface  
All  
C2951A  
C2950A  
3.0 m (9.8 ft)  
2.1 m (6.9 ft)  
25-pin male  
25-pin male  
Serial (RS-232-C) Interface  
HP Vectra or HP 24541A/B serial-interface  
24542G  
3.0 m (9.8 ft)  
9-pin female  
card (9-pin connector)  
IBM AT and compatibles using 9-pin serial  
connectors  
HP Vectra PC with HP 24541A/B dual serial- 13242G  
5.0 m (16.4 ft)  
25-pin male  
interface card using the 25-pin connector  
IBM PC, PC/XT, PC/AT, PS/1, PS/2 and  
compatibles  
C2913A  
17255D  
1.2 m (3.9 ft)  
1.2 m (3.9 ft)  
25-pin female  
25-pin female  
Cables for Macintoshes  
Interface type  
HP part  
number  
Cable length  
Connector type at  
computer end of cable  
Computer  
Serial (RS-232-C) Interface  
Apple Macintosh Plus, SE, II Series, Classic, 17302A  
LC family, Quadra family, PowerBook,  
PowerMac  
1.5 m (4.9 ft)  
8-pin male mini-DIN  
11-8  
Reference  
Interface Cables  
Cables for Unix systems  
Interface type  
HP part  
number  
Cable length  
Connector type at  
computer end of cable  
Computer  
Parallel (Bi-Tronics/Centronics) Interface  
All  
C2951A  
C2950A  
3.0 m (9.8 ft)  
2.1 m (6.9 ft)  
25-pin male  
25-pin male  
Serial (RS-232-C) Interface  
HP 9000 workstations using 9-pin  
connectors.  
24542G  
13242G  
3.0 m (9.8 ft)  
5.0 m (16.4 ft)  
9-pin female  
HP Apollo workstation using an SPE  
(Serial/Parallel Expansion) option and  
supplied adapter cable  
25-pin male  
Sun workstation  
13242G  
5.0 m (16.4 ft)  
25-pin male  
Note: You may need a Sun serial adapter  
cable to convert the DIN connector found on  
certain Sun SPARC stations to the 25-pin  
connector on the HP cable. Contact your  
Sun dealer for part numbers.  
11-9  
Reference  
Regulatory Notices  
Regulatory Notices  
To Obtain a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)  
You can obtain current Material Safety Data Sheets for the print cartridges used in  
the plotter (HP Part numbers 51644C [cyan], 51644M [magenta], 51644Y [yellow]  
and 51645A [black]) by mailing a request to this address:  
Hewlett-Packard Customer Information Center, 19310 Pruneridge Avenue,  
Dept. MSDS, Cupertino, CA 95014, U.S.A.  
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)  
FCC Statement  
(U.S.A.)  
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (in 47 cfr 15.105) has specified  
that the following notice be brought to the attention of users of this product.  
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B  
digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to  
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential  
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy  
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause  
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that  
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause  
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by  
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the  
interferences by one or more of the following measures:  
Reorient the receiving antenna  
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver  
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which  
the receiver is connected  
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help  
The user may find useful the following booklet prepared by the FCC: “How to  
Identify and Resolve Radio,TV Interference Problems”. This booklet is available  
from the US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, Stock No.  
004,""",""' (),(  
Pursuant to Part 15.21 of the FCC Rules, any changes or modifications to this  
equipment not expressly approved by the Hewlett-Packard Company, may cause  
harmful interference and void the FCC authorization to operate this equipment.  
C A U T I O N  
11-10  
Reference  
Regulatory Notices  
DOC statement  
(Canada)  
Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les  
limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe B prescrites dans le  
Règlement sur le Brouillage Radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des  
Communications du Canada.  
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions  
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the  
Canadian Department of Communications.  
VCCI-2 (Japan)  
Korean EMI  
statement  
Geräuschemission  
(Germany)  
LpA < 70 dB  
am Arbeitsplatz  
im Normalbetrieb  
nach DIN 45635 T. 19  
Telecommunications Statement  
Tele-  
The HP DesignJet 700 and the HP DesignJet 750C Plus plotters, models C4705A,  
C4706A, C4708A and C4709A are approved under Approval Number  
NS/G/1234/5/100003 for indirect connection to public telecommunication systems  
within the United Kingdom.  
communications  
General Approval  
(UK)  
11-11  
Reference  
Regulatory Notices  
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY  
according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014  
Manufacturer’s Name:  
Hewlett-Packard Española S.A.  
Manufacturer’s Address:  
Hewlett-Packard Española S.A.  
BARCELONA DIVISION  
Avda. Graells, 501  
08190 Sant Cugat del Vallès  
Barcelona, Spain  
declares that the product  
Product Name:  
InkJet Plotter  
Model Numbers:  
Product Accessory:  
HP C4705A, HP C4706A, C4708A, C4709A  
HP JetDirect network interface card (2)  
conforms to the following Product Specifications:  
Safety:  
IEC 950: 1991 + A1, A2 / EN 60950 (1992) + A1, A2  
CSA C22.2 No. 950 (1993)  
UL 1950 (1993)  
EMKO-TSE(74)DK207/94  
NOM-019-SCFI-1993  
EMC:  
CISPR 22: 1993 / EN 55022 (1994): Class B(1)  
EN 50082-1 (1992)  
IEC 801–2: 1991 / prEN 55024–2 (1992): 4KV CD  
8KV AD  
IEC 801–3: 1984 / prEN 55024–3 (1991): 3 V/m  
IEC 801–4: 1988 / prEN 55024–4 (1992): 1KV Power Lines  
0.5KV Signal Lines  
FCC Part 15 – Class B / DOC–B / VCCI–2 / RRL–A  
Supplementary Information:  
The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the  
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, and carries the CE marking accordingly.  
(1)  
The product was tested with a Hewlett-Packard system,  
consisting of: a Vectra 486/33M personal computer, VGA monit
keyboard, mouse, and a Printer DeskJet 550C as the second peri
(2)  
Product options with interface cards exhibit Class A operatio
Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), September 1st, 1996  
Quality Engineering Manager  
European Contact:  
Your local Hewlett-Packard Sales and Service Office or Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Department ZQ/Standards  
Europe, Herrenberger Strasse 130, D-71034 Boeblingen, Germany (fax: (+49) 7031 143143).  
11-12  
Reference  
Ordering Accessories  
Ordering Accessories  
HP Part  
Number  
Cables  
See page 11-8  
Documentation  
User’s Guide and Quick Reference Guide  
Chinese  
C4705-60030  
C4705-60021  
C4705-60025  
C4705-60024  
C4705-60027  
C4705-60028  
C4705-60022  
English  
French  
German  
Italian  
Japanese  
Korean  
Portuguese C4705-60029  
Spanish C4705-60026  
Taiwanese C4705-60023  
Software Application Notes  
English  
Multi  
C4705-90006  
(1)  
Hewlett-Packard Support Services  
(2)  
HP-GL/2 and RTL Programmer’s Reference Guide English  
5959-9733  
(2)  
The Product Comparison Guide for HP-GL/2 and English  
HP RTL Peripherals  
5959-9734  
PJL Technical Reference Manual  
English  
5961-0938  
1
This item is updated regularly. For details of the latest version available, please contact your HP  
dealer or sales representative.  
2
See note on page 11-16.  
11-13  
Reference  
Ordering Accessories  
To achieve the best performance from your plotter, we recommend you only use  
genuine Hewlett-Packard accessories and supplies, whose reliability and  
performance have been thoroughly tested to give trouble-free performance. For  
Example:  
HP drivers are developed to support all the latest features and to optimize print  
quality and your plotters performance.  
HP memory expansion modules are thoroughly tested to give you maximum  
performance.  
HP ink cartridges and media supplies are developed for optimal print quality.  
Drivers  
HP Part  
Number  
Latest versions of the following were shipped with  
this plotter:  
(1)  
(1)  
HP plotter drivers for AutoCAD for DOS and  
AutoCAD for Windows  
HP plotter driver for Microsoft Windows  
Available as options are:  
C4707A  
PostScript Upgrade Kit  
(ROM SIMM and driver)  
Media Supplies  
(1)  
(1)  
Supplies Source Catalog  
(The latest edition was shipped with this plotter)  
Media Reference Guide  
(The latest edition was shipped with this plotter in  
Europe and USA only.)  
Memory Expansion Modules  
All SIMMs on the right are 72-pin, 36-bit.  
4/8 MB: 80 nanoseconds.  
16/32 MB: 70 nanoseconds  
4 MB  
8 MB  
16 MB  
C3132A  
C3133A  
D2297A or  
C3146A  
For up-to-date details of any memory expansion  
modules other than those listed here, contact your  
local authorized HP dealer.  
32 MB  
D3578A  
1
This item is updated regularly. For details of the latest version available, please contact your HP  
dealer or sales representative, or, for drivers, use one of the support resources for your area listed in  
the Hewlett-Packard Support Services Booklet shipped with your plotter.  
11-14  
Reference  
Ordering Accessories  
HP Part  
Number  
Network Interface  
Hewlett-Packard supply a variety of internal or external, single or multi port  
Network Interfaces which are constantly being upgraded. Contact your  
Dealer or Hewlett-Packard support services for current HP part numbers  
suitable for your application.  
Print Cartridges  
Yellow  
Cyan  
51644Y  
51644C  
51644M  
51645A  
Although other cartridges may appear to fit in the  
stalls, use only these part numbers.  
Magenta  
Black  
Spindle Assembly  
E/A0-size  
C3173A  
C3172A  
D/A1-size  
11-15  
Reference  
Ordering Accessories  
HP-GL/2 and HP RTL Programming Information  
The HP-GL/2 and HP RTL Reference Guide provides complete explanations and  
examples of the HP-GL/2 and HP RTL graphic and interface instructions. If you  
are writing an HP-GL/2 or RTL driver for your plotter, you will find this guide an  
invaluable source of general instruction information. It is published by  
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company and you can can order it through most book  
stores (ISBN 0-201-63325-6).  
For specific parameter information, refer to The Product Comparison Guide for  
HP-GL/2 and HP RTL Peripherals, which you can order through your HP Sales  
office.  
How to Order Supplies and Accessories  
You can order supplies and accessories in any of the following ways:  
Call your local authorized HP dealer.  
Contact your local HP Sales and Support office.  
Refer to the Hewlett-Packard Support Services booklet that was supplied with  
your plotter. In the United States, the Direct Ordering number  
is (800) 538 8787.  
11-16  
12  
Glossary  
12-1  
Glossary  
ac Alternating current.  
CMYK Cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The  
colors of the plotter’s four inks, and also a standard  
addressable dpi A resolution higher than nominal color model.  
value of the cartridges, giving a finer grid on which  
the plotter can selectively position dots and improve coated paper Good quality paper coated on one  
print quality.  
side for inkjet printing.  
ANSI size An American standard paper size; e.g.  
dc Direct current.  
D, E, etc.  
default A value or condition that is assumed if no  
application The software you use.  
other value or condition is specified.  
bail The black metal bar inside the plotter, which  
holds the media in place.  
device An external item connected to the  
computer: printer, plotter, tape drive etc. Your  
HP DesignJet is a device.  
baud rate The data transmission rate in a serial  
interface between a computer and a device, in bits  
per second.  
dpi Dots per inch, a measure of print resolution.  
driver The software that controls the  
communication between a computer and a device.  
Bi-tronics A standard for the parallel interface  
between computer and device, compatible with  
Centronics.  
front panel The control panel on the front of the  
plotter.  
CAD Computer-aided design.  
front-panel menus The options in the front-panel  
display.  
cartridge Print cartridge, containing ink.  
GIS Geographical information system (mapping  
software).  
Centronics A standard for the parallel interface  
between computer and device. Compatible with  
Bi-tronics.  
graphics language A programming language  
telling a print device how to output graphic data.  
clear film See-through, polyester media type.  
grayscale Shades of gray to represent colors.  
clipping Losing part of a drawing at the edges.  
high-gloss film A glossy, opaque, polyester media  
type.  
12–2  
Glossary  
high-gloss photo A glossy, opaque photographic  
media The material, usually paper, onto which the  
paper.  
plotter prints.  
HP-GL One of Hewlett-Packard’s standard  
graphics languages for plotters and printers.  
Produces vector data. Forerunner to HP-GL/2.  
media bin The media catcher situated below the  
plotter.  
MIO Modular input/output. Refers to the  
HP-GL/2 One of Hewlett-Packard’s standard  
graphics languages for plotters and printers.  
Produces vector data. Newer than HP-GL.  
plotter’s network interface.  
nesting Placing two or more plots side-by-side on  
the media to avoid waste.  
I/O Input/output. The transmission of data  
between a computer and a device.  
opaque bond A matte paper media.  
inked area The smallest rectangle that contains  
palette A set of logical pens defined by color and  
all the content of the drawing, while maintaining the width.  
drawings relative dimensions.  
PJL Printer job language. A programming  
ISO size An international standard paper size; e.g. language that controls jobs going to a printer or  
A1, A2, etc.  
plotter.  
JIS size A Japanese standard paper size.  
LAN Local area network.  
PML Printer management language.  
parallel interface A type of interface between  
computer and device. Generally faster than a serial  
interface.  
long-axis plotting Plotting a page whose X-axis  
(the axis vertical to the plotter as you look at it from  
the front) is longer than a standard page size.  
pen Even though the plotter has no physical pens,  
the lines it draws match the attributes of a pen.  
margin The space around the page added by the  
plotter to separate one page from another and to  
avoid printing right to the edge of the media.  
platen The exterior part of the plotter on which  
the media rests before going into the media-entry  
slot.  
matte Not glossy.  
plotting area Page size minus margins.  
matte film Opaque, polyester media type (not  
glossy).  
12–3  
Glossary  
PostScript A standard page markup language,  
commonly used by graphics and desktop publishing  
software applications.  
tracing paper A semi-opaque matte paper type.  
translucent bond A semi-opaque matte paper  
type.  
queueing Placing each page of each file received  
by the device in chronological order of receipt  
(unless changed by prioritizing), before and after  
printing.  
vector A line. A method for defining an image,  
in terms of lines rather than dots. Vector data  
typically needs less memory than raster data.  
parity An error-checking method in a serial  
vellum Cotton-fiber-based, semi-opaque matte  
interface between a computer and a device.  
media type.  
raster A method for defining an image, in terms  
X-axis The vertical axis, as you look at the plotter  
of dots rather than lines. Raster data typically needs from the front.  
more memory than vector data.  
Y-axis The horizontal axis, as you look at the  
plotter from the front.  
RGB Red, green and blue. A standard color  
model.  
RS-232-C A serial interface standard.  
RTL One of Hewlett-Packard’s standard graphics  
languages for plotters and printers. Produces raster  
data.  
ROM SIMM A physical module containing  
read-only data, to provide plotter upgrades. They  
are installed in the back of the plotter.  
semi-gloss photo A semi glossy, opaque  
photographic paper.  
serial interface A type of interface between  
computer and device. Generally slower than a  
parallel interface.  
spindle The rod which holds the roll of media.  
12–4  
Index  
A
environmental specifications, 11-4  
ink level, 3-26  
loading, 1-20–1-23  
ordering, 11-15  
part numbers, 11-15  
problems, 9-18  
current configuration plot, 2-3  
cutting  
and margins, 4-6  
immediately after plotting, 6-2  
problems with, 9-5–9-6  
Access Cartridge(s) key, 1-21, 3-28  
problems, 9-7  
accessories, 1-5–1-6  
list, 11-13  
ordering, 11-16  
accuracy, specification, 11-3  
acoustic specifications, 11-4  
action keys, 2-2  
addressable 600 dpi, Sharp lines, 5-15  
addressable dpi, 5-14  
Apollo, cables to connect, 11-9  
Apple, cables to connect, 11-8  
archiving plots, 3-9  
area fill problems, 9-19  
AutoCAD, drivers, 11-14  
automatic cutter, problems with,  
9-5–9-6  
problems with, 9-7  
removing tab, 1-22, 3-30  
replacing, 3-26–3-31  
supplied, 1-5  
choosing media, 3-2–3-7  
cleaning the plotter, 8-2  
clearing the media path, 3-25  
clipped plot, 9-12  
clipping  
and page size, 4-5  
and Rotate, 4-8  
CMYK, 5-4  
D
darkness of plot, adjusting, 5-8  
Declaration of Conformity (EC),  
11-12  
default page margins, 4-6  
Define palette, 5-5  
Delete page, 6-7  
demonstration plot, 1-24–1-26  
Demos, 1-25  
device lists, 1-38  
dimensions of plotter, 11-3  
display, front panel, 2-3  
display keys, 2-3, 2-7  
documentation, 11-13, 11-16  
map, D-1  
down arrow key, 2-7  
drivers, 1-35, 1-37, 11-14  
drying time, 3-22–3-23  
adjusting, 3-23  
color plotting, media type for, 11-2,  
11-3  
B
color problems, 9-16–9-21  
color-vision deficiencies, advice for  
users with, 1-20, 3-29  
Color/Mono key, 5-10  
color/monochrome switching, 5-10  
colors  
banding problems, 9-20  
Bi-Tronics interface, 11-7  
black cartridge only, operating with,  
1-20  
blank plot, 9-10  
bleeding lines, 9-19  
blurred lines, 9-19  
BOOTP, 1-40  
CMYK, 5-4  
RGB, 5-4  
E
electrical specifications, 11-4  
electrostatic precautions, 1-8  
EMC (electromagnetic compatibility),  
11-5, 11-10  
communications, problems, 9-9  
compensating for poorly cut media,  
3-21  
components of plotter, xvii–xix  
computer, connection to, 1-27–1-30  
configuration  
changing, 1-30–1-34  
current front–panel, 7-3  
current overall, 7-2  
plot, current, 2-3  
setting parameter values, 2-8  
connector  
parallel, 1-28  
serial, 1-28  
Copies, 6-8  
CorelDRAW!, 5-15, 9-15  
Create pattern, 7-6  
buttons. See keys  
C
cables  
ordering, 11-8–11-9  
power, 1-5  
problems, 9-9  
supplied/not supplied, 1-5  
calibration. See recalibration  
Cancel key, 6-2  
cancelling a plot, 6-2  
cartridge alignment procedure, 3-30  
Cartridge check, 3-26  
cartridge stalls, 1-20–1-21, 3-29–3-31  
cartridges  
Enter key, 2-7  
F
file size and memory usage, 6-6  
filled area problems, 9-19  
film, 11-2, 11-3  
firmware, supplied, 1-37  
Form Feed and Cut key, 3-25, 6-2,  
6-4  
to clear the media path, 9-8  
front panel, 2-2  
action keys, 2-2  
before replacing, 3-27  
black only, 1-20  
colors, 1-5, 1-20–1-21, 3-29–3-31  
display section, 2-3  
messages, 10-2–10-6  
plotting mode keys, 2-2  
curl, on media, 9-5  
Current Configuration Plot, 5-3, 7-3  
I-1  
Index  
problems with, 9-21–9-22  
status lights, 2-2  
Front Panel Menus plot, printing, 2-5  
Access Cartridge(s), 1-21, 3-28  
action, 2-2  
Cancel, 6-2  
Color/Mono, 5-10  
display, 2-3, 2-7  
down arrow, 2-7  
Enter, 2-7  
Form Feed and Cut, 3-25, 6-2, 6-4  
Pause, 6-3  
plotting mode, 2-2  
Previous, 2-7  
Print Quality, 5-13  
Replot, 6-9  
margins (plotting areas), 11-6  
maximum media sizes, 11-2  
Measure pattern, 7-6  
media  
adjusting drying time, 3-23  
and print quality, 3-6  
care of, 3-9  
cost and color support, 3-5  
curled, 9-5  
drying time, 3-22  
environmental specifications, 11-4  
guidelines for loading, 3-9  
handling, 3-9  
handling problems, 9-4  
important points, 3-2  
leading edge, 9-5  
loading problems, 9-4  
loading roll, 3-10–3-17  
loading sheet, 3-18–3-21  
physical characteristics, 3-4  
poorly cut, 3-21  
G
gaps in lines, 9-16, 9-17  
gaps in solid fill areas, 9-16  
getting help, 9-25  
graphics languages, 11-3  
and networks, 7-8  
changing, 7-7  
H
up arrow, 2-7  
heavyweight media, 11-2, 11-3  
help, 9-25–9-27  
HP DesignJets, other, 1-38  
HP JetDirect, 1-27  
HP JetDirect Print Server, 7-12  
HP RTL, 7-7  
documentation, 11-13, 11-16  
HP Special Inkjet paper, 11-2, 11-3  
HP-GL (7586B), 7-7  
HP-GL/2, 7-7  
L
LAN, 1-27  
Lang, 7-7  
languages (graphics), 11-3  
and networks, 7-8  
changing, 7-7  
documentation, 11-16  
languages (human)  
changing, 1-9  
manuals available in, 11-13  
lever, for media jam, 9-8–9-9  
light, effect of, 3-9  
Lightness (of plot), adjusting, 5-8  
line quality problems, 9-16–9-21  
loading media  
roll. See roll media  
selecting, 3-2–3-7, 3-15–3-16,  
3-19–3-20  
sheet orientation, 3-18  
sizes and plotting areas, 11-6  
sizes supported, 11-2  
skew tolerance, 3-21  
supplies, 11-14  
documentation, 11-13, 11-16  
humidity, 11-4  
I
I/O Setup, 7-9  
I/O timeout, changing, 7-9  
ink problems, 9-16–9-21  
installation. See setting up  
interface  
parallel specifications, 11-7  
problems, 9-9  
trimming roll, 3-14  
type for application, 3-7  
types supported, 3-3, 11-2  
unloading, 3-22–3-25  
media bin, 3-9  
stacking problems, 9-6  
Media bypass. See skew tolerance  
media jam, 9-8–9-9  
Media Reference Guide, 11-14  
media types supported, 11-3  
memory, xvi, 11-14  
expansion modules, 11-14  
replot function, 6-9  
roll, 3-10–3-17  
sheet, 3-18–3-21  
Local Area Network, 1-27  
logical pens, settings, 5-2–5-5  
long–axis plots, 9-12  
serial, 9-3  
serial specifications, 11-7  
specifications, 11-7–11-8  
with application software, 9-3  
M
Macintosh, cables to connect, 11-8  
Maintenance advised, 8-3  
managing plots  
before printing, 6-4  
during printing or drying, 6-2  
manuals, 11-13, 11-16, D-1  
margins, 4-6, 11-3  
J
jagged lines, 9-18  
jammed media, 9-8–9-9  
memory expansion modules, 1-5  
installing, 1-6–1-9  
memory usage and file size, 6-6  
menu graphics, 2-9  
K
and cutting, 4-6  
and nesting, 6-13  
keys  
Menu mode, changing, 1-31  
I-2  
Index  
menu plot, printing, 2-5  
menu system  
entering, 2-6  
navigating, 2-7–2-9  
navigation examples, 2-11–2-13  
printing, 2-5  
roll media, 4-8  
sheet media, 4-8  
overlapping lines, treatment of, 5-7  
overlay of one plot on another, 9-14  
clipped, 9-12  
content problems, 9-10–9-16  
distorted, 9-14  
management before printing, 6-4  
management during printing, 6-2  
position problems, 9-10–9-16  
unexpected, 9-15  
plot appearance, controlling, 5-2  
plot color, quality (DesignJet 750C  
Plus), 9-15  
P
Merge, 5-7  
page  
messages, front panel, 10-2–10-6  
Microsoft Windows, driver, 11-14  
minimum media sizes, 11-2  
Mirroring an image, 4-10  
monochrome, printing color in, 5-9  
Monochrome plotting, media types  
for, 11-3  
monochrome/color switching, 5-10  
Move to top, 6-7  
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet),  
11-10  
copying in a queue, 6-8  
deleting from a queue, 6-7  
identifying in a queue, 6-6  
prioritizing in a queue, 6-7  
Page format, Rotate. See solving  
problems  
Page ID, 6-6  
page information, 6-7  
page margins, 4-6  
page size, 4-2–4-5  
adjusting, 4-3–4-4  
and clipping, 4-5  
and nesting, 4-5, 6-13  
Palette, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6  
palette  
changing current selection, 5-6  
changing settings, 5-5  
palette plot, 5-4, 5-5  
paper, clearing jammed. See media  
parameter values, setting, 2-8  
part numbers, 11-13  
Pause key, 6-3  
pausing between plots, 6-3  
PCs, cables to connect, 11-8  
pen, settings, seem to have no effect,  
9-14  
plotter  
components, xvii–xix  
views of, xvii–xix  
plotting area, 11-6  
plotting mode keys, 2-2  
polyester film, 11-2, 11-3  
ports  
on computer, 1-28  
on plotter, 1-28  
PostScript option, 7-11  
power  
cord, 1-5, 1-9  
socket, 1-9  
supply, 1-9  
switch, 1-10  
power specifications, 11-4  
Previous key, 2-7  
print cartridges. See cartridges  
Print quality, Sharp lines, 5-14  
print quality  
N
Nest, 6-12  
Nest wait, 6-12  
nesting  
algorithms, 6-12  
and margins, 6-13  
and page size, 6-13  
and Rotate, 6-13  
interaction with queue, 6-12  
optimizing, 6-13  
order, 6-12  
overview, 6-10  
requirements, 6-11  
sets, 6-12  
changing, 5-13  
choosing, 5-11  
Print Quality key, 5-13  
print quality problems, 9-16–9-21  
print spooler, UNIX, 1-40  
problem-solving. See troubleshooting  
programming documentation, 11-16  
programming languages, 11-3  
network  
pens, limiting exposure, 3-27  
pens (logical)  
colors, 5-4  
current palette settings, 5-3  
settings, 5-2–5-5  
pens (physical). See cartridges  
physical specifications, 11-3  
pin-outs, 11-7–11-10  
PJL, 7-8  
connections, 1-27  
interface, ordering, 11-15  
no plot?, 9-23  
Normal usage, 8-3  
nozzle blockages, 9-16  
Q
quality problems, 9-16–9-21  
Queue, 6-5  
copy page in, 6-8  
deleting a page from, 6-7  
identifying a page in, 6-6  
management, 6-5  
O
options  
See also accessories  
memory, 1-5  
ordering accessories, 11-13  
orientation  
PJL documentation, 11-13  
plot  
blank, 9-10  
cancelling, 6-2  
I-3  
Index  
page information, 6-7  
prioritizing a page, 6-7  
Service config, 7-5, 8-4  
plot, 8-4  
support, 9-25–9-27  
support services, 11-13  
queue, interaction with nesting, 6-12  
queueing, 6-5  
setting up  
checklist, 1-4  
T
fast track (quick setup), 1-2  
full instructions, 1-4–1-44  
items required, 1-5  
shading, monochrome, 5-5  
shadows of color, 9-18  
Sharp lines, 5-14  
troubleshooting, 9-15  
with CorelDRAW!, 5-15, 9-15  
sheet media  
loading, 3-18–3-21  
orientation, 3-18  
sheet sizes supported, 11-2  
side-by-side plots. See nesting  
signal specifications, 11-7  
Size, 4-4  
temperature, 11-4  
test plot, 1-39  
testing the plotter, 9-3  
TFTP, 1-40  
timeout, overriding, 6-4  
translucent, 11-2, 11-3  
trimming roll media, 3-14  
troubleshooting, 9-1  
automatic cutter, 9-5–9-6  
lightfastness, 3-9  
R
Recalibrate, 7-6  
recalibration  
for accuracy, 7-5–7-7  
restoring factory settings, 7-6  
Receiving light, 1-26  
regulations  
Declaration of Conformity (EC),  
11-12  
EMC, 11-5  
notices, 11-10–11-13  
safety, 11-5  
regulatory notices, 11-10–11-13  
replacing cartridges, 3-26  
Replot, 6-9  
Restore factory, 7-6  
RGB, 5-4  
roll media  
handling, 3-9  
media bin, 9-6  
media handling, 9-4  
media jam, 9-8–9-9  
media loading, 9-4  
miscellaneous problems, 9-23–9-25  
plot content, 9-10–9-16  
plot position, 9-10–9-16  
print quality problems, 9-16–9-21  
procedure, 9-2–9-3  
Rotate, 9-21  
size, plotter, 11-3  
sizes of media supported, 11-2  
skew tolerance, 3-21  
slow plotting, 9-23  
smears, 9-20  
software  
setting up, 1-35–1-38  
supplied, 1-37  
Software Application Notes, 11-13  
sound levels, 11-4  
special inkjet paper, 11-2, 11-3  
specifications, 11-2–11-7  
acoustic, 11-4  
electromagnetic, 11-5  
EMC, 11-5  
environmental, 11-4  
functional, 11-2  
interface, 11-7–11-8  
physical, 11-3  
loading, 3-10–3-17  
stacking problems, 9-6  
trimming, 3-14  
stacking media in bin, 9-6  
U
Rotate  
UNIX systems, cables to connect, 11-9  
UNIX tips, 1-40  
and clipping, 4-8  
and nesting, 6-13  
interaction with software, 4-9  
problems with, 9-21  
Rotating a plot, 4-7–4-9  
RS-232-C specifications, 11-7  
RS–232–C, 7-9  
unloading media, 3-22–3-25  
unused sheet, removing, 3-25  
up arrow key, 2-7  
Upgrade, PostScript, 7-11  
upgrade, with a network interface, 7-12  
RTL documentation, 11-13, 11-16  
V
vellum, 11-2, 11-3  
S
power, 11-4  
safety, 11-5  
speed problems, 9-23  
Statistics, 6-7, 7-2  
status lights, 2-2  
safety, MSDS, 11-10  
safety specifications, 11-5  
Samples, 1-25  
selecting media, 3-15–3-16,  
3-19–3-20  
W
warped lines, 9-18  
weights, 11-3  
Windows applications, driver, 11-14  
workstation, cables to connect, 11-9  
storing plots, 3-9  
serial interface  
Sun, cables to connect, 11-9  
supplies. See accessories  
Supplies Source Catalog, 11-14  
changing settings, 7-9  
configuring, 1-29–1-34  
I-4  
Documentation Map  
Printed Documentation for Users of the HP DesignJet 700 plotter and  
the HP DesignJet 750C Plus Plotter  
Setting Up and Using the Plotter  
User’s Guide  
(C4705-90031)  
(Part of kit  
Quick Reference  
Guide  
(C4705-90041)  
(Part of kit  
Assembly  
Instructions  
C4705-60021)  
C4705-60021)  
Using Application Software  
HP CAD Plotters:  
Software/Hardware  
Guide  
Microsoft Windows  
Driver for  
HP Plotters:  
Software  
Application Notes  
(C4705-90006)  
AutoCAD Drivers for  
HP Plotters:  
(various  
Installer’s Guide  
documentation)  
Getting Support  
HP Support  
Services  
Programmer’s References  
HP-GL/2 and RTL  
Programmer’s  
Reference Guide  
(5959-9733)  
The Product  
PJL Technical  
Reference Manual  
(5961-0938)  
Comparison Guide  
for HP-Languages  
on HP Plotters and  
Large-Format  
Printers (5959-9734)  
These documents are supplied with this plotter.  
These documents can be ordered separately. For details, see page 11-13.  
These documents are supplied with this plotter and can be ordered separately.  
This manual.  
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